Advertisements It is a bizarre sight to see the Biden administration chase Saudi-Israeli normalization like a dog chasing an electric rabbit around a track. But it’s more than just Washington wanting this deal far more than either Israel or Saudi Arabia does. The price tag for the U.S. to getContinue Reading
Advertisements Once again, the Biden administration is trying to bring home a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal. The problem is that, with typical cluelessness, fecklessness, and ignorance, the administration does not understand the political waters it is wading into. Both Saudi Arabia and Israel face major hurdles in trying to conclude thisContinue Reading
Advertisements Ever since it became clear that Benjamin Netanyahu was likely to return as Israel’s prime minister and that he would be bringing in a government that, even for Israel, was radically right wing, Joe Biden and Antony Blinken have consistently been saying that they will react to the government’sContinue Reading
Advertisements To hear the Biden administration tell it, the Saudis are completely irrational actors who will happily throw the US and Europe under the bus just to help Russia, even though that offers far less economic benefit to them. But that’s not what’s going on here. Instead, this is SaudiContinue Reading
Advertisements Joe Biden’s trip to the Middle East is coming to an end. The main theme is going to be the herculean effort by Biden’s administration to paint a picture the media can latch on to of some kind of win coming out of the trip. There wasn’t one. ButContinue Reading
