Obama Offers Saudi Arabia a Deal With NATO

FORT RUSS — Obama has arrived in Saudi Arabia. On Wednesday, he had talks with King Salman and his son, crown Prince Muhammad. And on Thursday, also in Riyadh, the US President will hold a general meeting with all six monarchs of the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf.

He brought them a proposal that should relieve the irritation from the wealthy Arabs in America and reduce their fears towards Iran.

Obama, no less, will call for Saudi Arabia and its neighbours to join NATO. Not in the sense, of course, of full membership; Turkey with its current unpredictability is enough. They will focus on the establishment of closer and almost equal (although the Arabs probably will not view it that way) cooperation.

The results of these negotiations, as was the issue of relations with Russia, will be key to the NATO summit, which will take place on the 8th and 9th July — and where do you think! — in Warsaw. That is where the collapse of the socialist bloc in 1991 rested in peace, and a little after the Soviet Union, the arrangement of the Warsaw Pact.

It no longer exists, but NATO exists and is approaching the borders of Russia. Obama had intended to include the Arabs into the transatlantic partnership.

However, in all honesty, this is not true. Obama is only making a second attempt. Prior to this, in the 90’s, the Alliance had already tried to establish closer ties with the Arabs. These efforts were interrupted by the revolutions of the Arab spring. Now the Alliance wants to take over the Middle East – a second wind.

Obama, judging by his foreign policy, does not feel reverence for Arab princes. They know this and, for their part, don’t respect him and carefully hide their Bedouin contempt behind white covers.

There is a lot of disagreements, but the weather is not yet hot, it is mild, and with air-conditioning and marble under high ceilings of palaces, it will be cool. In such atmosphere the high parties will talk on subjects that cost hundreds of billions of dollars (will definitely not exclude oil and weapons), so externally the meeting will take place magnificently in every respect. CONTINUE READING