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[QUOTE]Originally posted by irishchieftain: [QB] [URL=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/07/middle-eastern-autocrats-humiliate-biden-mbs/670589/]The Atlantic[/URL] has some criticism for Mr. B., in a piece titled [i]Middle Eastern Autocrats Embarrassed Biden at Will.[/i] [QUOTE]President Joe Biden’s much-touted trip to the Middle East—his first as president—was almost entirely devoid of drama or excitement. It produced no significant deliverables, nor was it meant to. To be underwhelmed, however, is to miss a more troubling story. The visit may have been pointless and performative, but it was also a major setback for American interests, confirming what many long suspected: Supposed allies can disrespect, embarrass, and undermine the United States at will. The costs are already evident. On Saturday, less than 24 hours after Biden left the region, the United Arab Emirates sentenced an American citizen, Asim Ghafoor, to three years in prison on nebulous charges. Ghafoor, a lawyer for the slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, was detained only two days prior while transiting through Dubai International Airport. This is the sort of thing that happens under dictatorships. But it is not the sort of thing that happens under dictatorships that are ostensibly close U.S. partners. In effect, the leaders of the UAE either are taunting Biden or are indifferent to the perception that they are taunting him. … The president’s very public deference to a brutal but weak regime is not just a problem for American strategy; it is a problem for American identity. On the world stage, is this what we’re intent on becoming? …[/QUOTE]Also mentioned is the deference to the effect of requesting the house of bin Saud to up their oil output, with only the matter of the USA looking weak as context. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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