Posted on 03/10/2022 3:29:44 AM PST by FarCenter
Dubai (AFP) – Russia's invasion of Ukraine has exposed a once unthinkable divergence between Washington and key Middle East allies Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the oil giants that are increasingly independent on the international stage.
The wealthy Gulf nations, which host US forces and have dependably backed Washington for decades, have notably refrained from supporting President Joe Biden's administration as it tries to choke Moscow's lifelines, from energy to diplomacy.
Analysts say the new position, rooted in many discords including the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by a Saudi hit squad, reveals a turning point in Gulf relations with the US, long the region's protector against neighbour Iran.
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The United Arab Emirates, which currently holds the rotating UN Security Council presidency, abstained last month from voting on a US-Albanian draft resolution condemning the invasion of Ukraine.
And as the now two-week-old war in Ukraine since sends energy costs soaring, the Gulf countries have so far resisted Western pressure to raise oil output in an attempt to rein in prices.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, meanwhile, have stressed their commitment to the OPEC+ oil alliance, which Riyadh and Moscow lead, despite mounting US sanctions on Russian crude that culminated in a ban on Tuesday.
The UAE reaffirmed that commitment on Thursday, a day after its ambassador to Washington said his country would encourage OPEC to "consider higher production levels".
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Saudi and UAE know that Obama and his people are behind Dementia Joe. Obama and his people lean towards Iran, their mortal enemies. Of course they aren’t cooperating with Biden on Russia.
Oh, and further, the article describes Jamal Khashoggi as a “journalist.” Well, journalist is a prime cover for spies, and by all appearances Khashoggi was a Muslim Brotherhood political operative inartfully taken out by the Saudis. Don’t care, it’s the Middle East. It is how things are done there.
The Saudi sponsored oligarchs in DC have been spending trillions to prop up Saudi Arabia ever since the Saudi terrorists pulled off 9/11. After their DS agents got us involved in this Ukrainian sh!t show, the price of their oil is back where they’ve planned. Why should the Arabs get involved? With our traitorous new regime thugs in DC always carrying Arab Oil’s water, OPEC’s anti American moves become redundant.
Let’s Go Brandon.
No it doesn’t. It just signals a turning point in relations between the Obama/Biden regimes and those countries. The relationship was as good as ever under President Trump.
“Saudi and UAE know that Obama and his people are behind Dementia Joe.”
Yep. I kinda figure, they also remember the Afghanistan debacle and realize what a lousy ally the US is right now.
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