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Hate to rain on Pompeo, Bibi and MBZ’s parade, but here’s why this “deal” will intensify tensions and give another lease on life for America’s counterproductive military presence in the Middle East. >>
Hate to rain on Pompeo, Bibi and MBZ’s parade, but here’s why this “deal” will intensify tensions and give another lease on life for America’s counterproductive military presence in the Middle East. >>
2. Contrary to Pompeo's talking points, this will not create peace or make it easier to bring home US troops from the region. The focus on the “Iran threat” is designed to lock the US into a Cold/Hot War in the Middle East for decades to come. >>
( https://newrepublic.com/article/159010/trump-israel-iran-mideast-forever-war)
( https://newrepublic.com/article/159010/trump-israel-iran-mideast-forever-war)
3. We will be hearing endless arguments going forward - from many different sides - that now that the Israelis and the "Arabs" (though its only UAE and Bahrain) - have united, the US is obligated to support them against the “Iranian menace.” >>
4. This new “obligation” will keep the US bound to their ever-growing security demands while forging a bipolar structure that will cement, not resolve conflicts. And as we know, blind US support has incentivized US partners to be more reckless and warprone https://quincyinst.org/2020/07/17/ending-americas-misguided-policy-of-middle-east-domination/
5. The defense, pro-Likud, and pro-Saudi lobbies will unite around the goal of keeping US forces in the region in order to protect Israel and “moderate” Arabs against Iran. Keeping them there will no longer be endless war, it will be the protection of the “peace.”
6. This will make it even more difficult to move the region towards a new, inclusive security architecture - which actually has the potential of offering real peace and stability. And if we follow QI’s recommendations, it would also bring US troops home.
7. In short, the American people just got played. Because America will now be stuck in the Middle East instead of coming home.
