The Dogs That Didn't Bark

I have been thinking lately about the Middle East and America's recent committment to defend Israel. And I wondered. You know I haven't heard one word of outrage from the usual Gulf State actors. Why?

I think implicit in that guarentee is also a guarentee to the Gulf States. Similar to the guarentee we gave Kuwait. Except what President in his right mind would get up and say we have a committment to defend Saudi Arabia. He would be pilloried. So instead we stand up for Israel re: Iran and by proxy the rest of the Middle East.

No doubt the gulf states fear the attractions of a democratic Iraq. However, that is in the future and for now constitutes a scrach. Iran with nukes would be an immediate amputation.



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Israel, Iran, Iran War, Gulf States, Nuclear Weapons