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Seriously, is anyone aware of ANYTHING the Trump regime has done that brought about the UAE/Israel (Original Post) Atticus Aug 2020 OP
Well, they went to Jared. fleur-de-lisa Aug 2020 #1
He's doing the King Canute routine again. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #2
Appears both sides Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #3
I think you have a good take on it Ohioboy Aug 2020 #7
As a old Wellstone ruled Aug 2020 #9
No idea, but I bet it involved our tax dollars paying someone off to make Jared look good. Vinca Aug 2020 #4
Trump being in office and what he is doing to the US is scaring the sh*t out of them. LiberalArkie Aug 2020 #5
These idiots are acting like Trump ended of all conflict in the Middle East Ohioboy Aug 2020 #6
The enemy of my enemy is my friend? dutch777 Aug 2020 #8
This is Israel and the UAR trying to help Trump. He probably asked them to do this. slater71 Aug 2020 #10
Bingo! We have a winner sanatanadharma Aug 2020 #11

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
1. Well, they went to Jared.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 12:37 PM
Aug 2020


JK, that pasty, useles piece of shit has done nothing. He's been too busy trying to get Kanye to run for POTUS.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,706 posts)
2. He's doing the King Canute routine again.
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 12:39 PM
Aug 2020

Except that King Canute was making a point. His Lardship is just taking credit where none is due.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Appears both sides
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 12:52 PM
Aug 2020

have finally come to some type of meeting of minds and each one needs the other to save their Political behinds. If one has been following the Mid East,well you then are aware of massive Food Shortages and Drought. Folks,it is all about Water Rights and water sharing.

Plus,Putin is carving out his niche in the region and that in it's self is pressuring certain Tribes to form alliances in order to survive.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
9. As a old
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 01:39 PM
Aug 2020

acquaintance once said,and he was State Department Gopher for Eourpe and the Mid East,the mid east travels on Israel made Tires and Israel depends on their Fresh Fruit and Vegetables as well as Meat to survive. To make both work,Water is the key resource which Israel controls a key Dam which supplies Irrigation to a large region of the Middle East. As Egypt under Nassar proved,he who controls the water controls the Populace of the Mid East.

Ohioboy

(3,243 posts)
6. These idiots are acting like Trump ended of all conflict in the Middle East
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 12:59 PM
Aug 2020

The UAE closed relations with Israel because of the Assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, supposedly by Mossad, Israel's secret service. Who knows what may have been promised to get the UAE to open back up to Israel.

dutch777

(3,019 posts)
8. The enemy of my enemy is my friend?
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 01:38 PM
Aug 2020

I think the Hezbollah/Iran/Russian alliance and the US lack of meaningful action thereon has Gulf nations particularly on edge. While UAE is far from the front lines on that, it's oil and other interests go by Iran. Trump looking the other way especially on Russia may not be too reassuring in all this. Arab nations are pretty good at giving credit to others if it gets them something, and a nod to Jared/Trump just puts an easy to get couple of chits on their side of the table.

sanatanadharma

(3,707 posts)
11. Bingo! We have a winner
Thu Aug 13, 2020, 02:44 PM
Aug 2020

I seem to remember some talk a few years back about Israeli-Arab pro-trump shenanigans.

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