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Middle East consolidates against Iran, despite Obama's Legacy
2020-08-18
Surely, someone will beat me to this punch.
[Washington Examiner] President Trump's joint announcement with the UAE and Israel was landmark enough on its own. The normalization marks the first between Israel and another Middle Eastern nation since President Bill Clinton helped broker the peace deal between Israel and Jordan in 1994. A single new formalization is a big deal that it is, and for other nations to join, especially as Iran grows unusually embattled, would constitute a monumental realignment of the axis of power in the Gulf.

And, of course, it would undercut the entire thesis of the de facto Obama Doctrine that assumed peace in the Middle East was contingent of empowering Iran and cowering to the Hamas and Hezbollah.

The Obama Doctrine has been disproven, and Trump's approach to the Middle East is clearly focused in the right direction. The real political question to come: Will the Israel-friendly Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris cut their losses and follow Trump or go down with the ship to preserve Obama's crumbling legacy?
Since neither of them would be in charge of foreign policy were they to win in November, the question of how much the Deep State hates President Trump and seeks to undo all his works contains all the answer we need.
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Posted by:Bobby

#17  I'm not sure despite is the correct word.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-08-18 17:40  

#16  Lies, damn lies and statistics.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-08-18 14:43  

#15  ^It's useful for influencing voting.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-08-18 14:33  

#14  "America's Covid Response worse in the World" infomercials.

Heard one of those on the Beeb just the other day. The US had the highest death toll, followed by a list of much smaller countries. That suggests they weren't using Per Capita numbers which means the data is useless for other than Jeopardy questions.
Posted by: SteveS   2020-08-18 14:25  

#13  ^Wait until they start running "America's Covid Response worse in the World" infomercials.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-08-18 14:17  

#12  I'll say it again - in what significant manner are the Dems running a national campaign?

They have ABCNBCCBSCNNWAPONYT repeating the "Orange Man Bad" mantra 24/7. They think that's all they need and you better pray they're wrong.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-08-18 14:11  

#11  I suspect every non-Iranian puppet will join up by New years.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-08-18 12:04  

#10  I would say the anti-Iranian alliance is building despite of Obama's support of Iran. Or because of his support.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-08-18 10:57  

#9  Barry & Big Mike bought a Lesbaru
Posted by: Bill Hapsburg2347   2020-08-18 09:38  

#8  Obama has a legacy? Did he buy a Subaru?
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2020-08-18 09:28  

#7   Ferrett-Face and Kerry gonna need another grift.
Posted by: Zorba White2719   2020-08-18 08:57  

#6  ^

Raj, have you seen what they're trying to do with the USPS? How could they get more national than that?


/sarc
Posted by: AlanC   2020-08-18 08:19  

#5  The Dems aren't, but maybe they don't feel like they have to. The MSM is doing it for them.
Posted by: Clem   2020-08-18 08:17  

#4  Will the Israel-friendly Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris cut their losses and follow Trump or go down with the ship to preserve Obama's crumbling legacy?

Why do writers talk as if Biden / Harris has a non-single digit chance to become Prez and VP? Their campaign is about to become the first with little to no campaigning; Trump hit the road and Joe's gonna hide in his basement as long as possible. Last week had three consecutive days of Biden mumbling and drooling in front of the press corps, only to be whisked away every time when someone asked him a question. Last week also had him announce as uninspiring a VP pick in recent memory - an opportunistic slut who openly admitted she'll say anything that the moment requires and was polling at 0% and won zero delegates when she was the first broad to exit the Dem Prez race. They will do everything in their power to prevent Biden and Trump from debating.

I'll say it again - in what significant manner are the Dems running a national campaign?
Posted by: Raj   2020-08-18 08:13  

#3  I suppose dealing with tubby in DPRK is a "dead" issue now?
Posted by: Clem   2020-08-18 07:29  

#2  Oman to follow shortly.
Posted by: b   2020-08-18 07:27  

#1  Former president Valerie Jarret furious.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-08-18 02:33  

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