Posted on 12/29/2013 4:40:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
Increasingly vocal in its frustration over U.S. policies in the Mideast, Saudi Arabia is strengthening ties elsewhere, seeking out an alignment that will bolster its position after it was pushed to the sidelines this year.
It may find a solution in France, whose president is ending the year with 24 hours of high-level meetings with the Saudi leadership in a visit intended to showcase commercial and diplomatic strength. […]
The Saudis also watch with trepidation at the warming ties between Iran and the West.
The way the nuclear talks were handled—with U.S. officials secretly meeting their Iranian counterparts before more formal talks involving world powers—particularly rankled the Saudis. …
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The duplicity within islam is truly astounding.
For years, people on this site have sneered at the Saudis because of their implicit support of terrorism, so this should be good news to everybody, shouldn’t it?
Yes.
Obama broke his promise to destroy Israel during his first term.
It’s probably really about being pissed off that we’re producing a lot of our own oil now. Instead of $1B a month they’re down to $100M.../s
Watch Israel develop formal ties with them.
They’ll be better off.
Hopefully fraking will keep them on the sidelines for years to come. Their friendship in the region comes at far to high of a cost...
If by “astounding” you mean “completely expected by anyone halfway paying attention,” then yes, I agree.
This Obama administration, including Clinton and Kerry at State, has totally destroyed the US regarding foreign relations. No former allied country trusts the US now.
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