Posted on 03/14/2022 7:46:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
America, in these halcyon days of Old Joe Biden’s foundering regime, is in free fall, and the whole world knows it. As PJM’s inimitable Stephen Green put it recently, “The alleged American president’s response to the Ukraine War has been so detrimental to America’s own interests that everyone sees him as weak. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that two of the Middle East’s richest petrostates wouldn’t even take Biden’s call,” that is, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The reasons for the unprecedented snub are clear: the Saudis and the UAE know that Biden is not a serious character, and they also know that his handlers are not likely to give him the one thing they want most from the United States: help against Iran.
Old Joe was trying to get in touch with Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan, the crown prince of Abu Dhabi, both of whom are the de facto rulers of their respective countries, to try to get some relief for skyrocketing gas prices. The UK’s Daily Mail reported that “as oil prices push over $130 a barrel for the first time in almost 14 years, the two Gulf countries are the only major oil producers that can pump millions more barrels of more oil to calm the crude market at a time when American gasoline prices are at high levels.”
They’re the only major oil producers who can help, but they won’t, at least not until they get some assistance from Old Joe regarding Yemen. In Yemen, the Iran-backed Shi’ite Houthis are waging jihad against the Sunnis in Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Biden’s handlers, anxious to replicate Barack Obama’s disastrous Iran nuclear deal, are making concession after concession to the Iranian mullahs. The Saudis and the UAE have noticed and want Biden to play ball with them before they will consider lowering oil prices.
Saudi Arabia can hardly be classified as a totally reliable ally of the United States, particularly given lingering questions about the extent of its involvement at the highest levels in the 9/11 jihad attacks. However, it is a notable bulwark against Iran in the region, and so many on both sides of the aisle see the utility of the American alliance with the kingdom. That group, however, apparently does not include Biden’s handlers. In September 2021, they quietly removed an advanced missile defense system from Saudi Arabia, heedless of the fact that the Saudis were suffering ongoing air attacks from the Houthis in Yemen.
This was yet another attempt to appease the mullahs in Tehran. The Saudi Defense Ministry shrugged it off, saying its relationship with the U.S. was “strong, longstanding and historic,” and adding: “The redeployment of some defense capabilities of the friendly United States of America from the region is carried out through common understanding and realignment of defense strategies as an attribute of operational deployment and disposition.” However, the former director of Saudi Arabia’s intelligence services, Prince Turki al-Faisal, sounded a dissenting note, saying: “I think we need to be reassured about American commitment. That looks like, for example, not withdrawing Patriot missiles from Saudi Arabia at a time when Saudi Arabia is the victim of missile attacks and drone attacks — not just from Yemen, but from Iran.”
In the context of all this, it is important to remember what Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on November 5, 2020: that “the next U.S. administration will surrender to the Iranian nation.” This wasn’t just tough talk. In light of Biden’s handlers’ apparent willingness to give the mullahs all they want and more, it was a sober assessment of the geopolitical situation.
And now it is bearing bitter fruit. Biden and the U.S. are in this bind all because Biden’s handlers wanted to vindicate Obama and discredit Trump. Obama’s ridiculously weak Iran nuclear deal was his cornerstone foreign policy achievement, but then Trump skewered it — correctly — as the worst deal any American administration has ever concluded, and got us out of it. Now Biden’s handlers are so desperate to shore up Obama’s sagging legacy that they’re willing to turn their backs on our allies and empower an enemy rogue state that chants “Death to America” to do it. When you’re taking out a second mortgage to pay for a tank of gas, you can thank Old Joe for doing everything he had to do to get his Iran deal.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 23 books including many bestsellers, such as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), The Truth About Muhammad and The History of Jihad. His latest book is The Critical Qur’an. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.
Jake Sullivan ad the rest of Biden’s handlers are in waay over their heads.
The fall of the House of Saud is an absolute certainty, and anyone tying US geopolitical interests to MBS or anyone else in that clan (Mr. Kushner, please pick up the white courtesy phone) is ether a fool or an enemy, maybe both.
Every foreign country knows that Biden is corrupt. They have all probably seen Hunter’s laptop.
Everyone knows that they can push Biden by saying: “we have this information about your son, your brother, pictures with your daughter, etc”
“It would be a shame if those got published everywhere.”
We all know the Biden family has been paid by several foreign governments for “favors”. Many have dirt on him.
Lastly, they all can see that he is mentally deficient. He has dementia. He is not the decision maker.
Maybe they didn't want to waste their time listening to the incoherent ramblings of a senile, dementia patient.The whole world, including Fox News, knows Americans didn't elect Biden.
Fox News won't talk about the 2020 election for fear it would ultimately expose their complicity in the coup to overthrow a President.
In what way?
RE: The fall of the House of Saud is an absolute certainty,
And who takes over after the fall?
Iran, I would assume, or Iran-backed Arabs native to the peninsula.
Turks would be an ideal solution, but they are gone and not coming back.
Putin’s not taking his calls either. My guess is most of these countries are back channeling Trump who actually is the real President.
He may be as you say, but I am hoping to appeal to those who voted for this traitor to understand that he doesn’t care about them at all, hence, I’m using the word “burden” purposely. I want those voters to regret what they put this country through. So I will continue to use the idea of how burdensome Biden is to get through to people who leaned towards him to now say they regret the direction the country is going in. It’s only going to get worse from here if we can’t convince the other side of how awful he is. They do notice how prices have risen, especially for food and at the gas pump, but also the price they are paying to heat (or cool) their homes and other necessities of life. I can’t take anyone’s word for it that Congress will shift towards the Republicans, who frankly aren’t much better, but the more Democrats we have, the worse things get.
Well said, every bit helps..
The core of the issue is that OPEC promised to up output 400,000 barrels a day to help with shortages, but they are unable to comply. With US shutdowns and slowdowns of production, they don’t give a flyin’ phuk what the figurehead says. He is not even in the top 10 of most important voices in American policy. ‘
Drill baby drill, build more pipelines and crank out the NG.
Here in WA State they are seriously discussing breaching Snake river dams. It will make the Natives not so restless, and “restaurant owners” would be happy with a larger supply of salmon.
At other times they have discussed breaching Columbia river dams. Of course this should be viewed within the insane view of the “Progs” who list hydroelectric power as “NON-renewable”.
This is the reason for the entire liberal paradigm.
No question. It is to the point of madness. And they think we Trump supporters are cultist. I occasionally check out the Hot News Topics on Reddit and any story about getting Trump behind bars once and for all is bigger than any war, or rumor of war, or anything else.
Whatever happened to the supply chain issues? Haven’t seen much of it on the news.
Welcome to geopolitics 101. Biden seems to think he can have it all. But that is not the way the world works.
Can’t have traction with Saudis if you cut another deal with Iran.
Can’t get more gas to Europe if you veto the gas pipleine from Israel via Turkey.
Can’t get China’s help with Russia or NORKs unless you cave on trade.
And so forth.
The world is an imperfect place, you need to form alliances with people who are not on your A list in order to defeat the greater evil.
NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell more than 5% on Monday to the lowest in nearly two weeksPut some ice on your butt hurt about it because I was done babysitting you online.
No.....he’s the biggest burden ever. Joe Potato is not legit, everybody knows it, people who could have upheld an honest election chose not to do so. A blunder and betrayal of historic proportions.
It is nothing more than a clown car inside the White House. The world laughs at us.
But hey!!!! Hopey changey and build back better!
History will not be kind.
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