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By Micah Halpern
Friday March 6, 2009 I've Been Thinking: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal addressed a group of Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo, Egypt the other day. Faisal discussed several issues - and then, he made an appeal. The Saudi foreign minister called for Arab unity against Iran. Prince Faisal asked the Arab leaders present to stand together and confront Iran. He said that together they could accomplish what individual countries cannot do alone, he said that Iran is one of the greatest threats to the region. Interestingly, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was told exactly the same thing just the day before by many of Arab foreign ministers she met with. Arab leaders are skeptical of US foreign policy in the new administration. They are afraid that US policy will take Iran out of the dog house and put it back into the sun and that fear was alluded to by Prince Faisal in his remarks. If Iran is permitted to regain a position of prominence Arab leadership is petrified that it will come at the expense of other Arab relations and interaction with the United States. Faisal does not want to lose favor in the eyes of the US. Faisal and other Arab leaders know that Iran will make special demands and will manipulate the regional point position away from Saudi Arabia. Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click. 4 June 2017 12:13 PM in Thoughts
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