Peloni: US engagement with radical Qatar is isoloating other Sunni allies, forcing Saudi Arabia towards a harder stance, and giving Syrian minorities a sense of abandonment, save for Israel’s interventions. It also undermines the US domestic agenda of fighting antisemitism on US campuses which Qatar funds.
What makes this even worse is the fact that the US could have its cake and eat it too with its position of dominance over Qatar, and instead they let Qatar act as if they are in the position of dominance as the Qataris are having their cake and eating it too. The implications of this tail wagging the dog is very worrisome, and the consequences of it are highly damaging to US interests in the region as explained by Wurmser.
So much leeway given to terrorist Qatar by Trump!
Peloni, I totally agree… unless Trump has something (deeply psychological) up his sleeve as we know this is often how he operates.
Of course he could just be aligning with Starmer, Macron and the Canadian (whatever his name is) just to be the good guy, but I feel this is not his modus operandum…
On the other hand, taking into account what Israel is doing to protect the Druze and others in Syria, one would think that Trump would be only to pleased to offer a helping hand…
@keelie
What makes this even worse is the fact that the US could have its cake and eat it too with its position of dominance over Qatar, and instead they let Qatar act as if they are in the position of dominance as the Qataris are having their cake and eating it too. The implications of this tail wagging the dog is very worrisome, and the consequences of it are highly damaging to US interests in the region as explained by Wurmser.
By the way, you are no simpleton.
Peloni: I’m glad you said that, because I was just about to do so.
The destruction of Iran (to a certain extent) and Qatar would solve many of our problems. It seems very simple to me… but I’m something of a simpleton…