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Report: "The end of the Arabs’ automatic 'yes' to Washington"

Trump's failed "project freedom" to reopen Hormuz showed that "Arab states are no longer willing to pay, unconditionally, the price of a war they did not start."

For decades, "Arab states provided access & alignment; in return, they expected protection."

But they've been asking for years now: "would America really enter a costly war to defend its allies?"

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260618-project-freedom-and-the-end-of-the-arabs-automatic-yes-to-washington/

#USPol #EUPol #USGulfRelations #IranWar #news .

Project Freedom and the end of the Arabs’ automatic “yes” to Washington

When Donald Trump spoke of “Project Freedom” to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the plan was supposed to be a display of restored American deterrence: an operation meant to prove that Washington could…

Middle East Monitor

PFFFF

Everybody running this place is scared to do fucking anything, or too inept

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TelH90 5d ago

@DrALJONES OFC the #Trump|ist #USA has failed them and that really pissed them off because that's a violation of said *arrangement*.
- Even #NATO members are wary of the #US's willingness to follow through on it's obligations since it and the #UK refused to follow-through on the #BudapestMemorandum in 2011.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum

With Trump openly threatening a NATO member's protectorate ( #Greenland ) another ( #Canada ) with annexation, the USA becomes a #risk, not an #ally!

#USpol #EUpol

Project Freedom and the end of the Arabs’ automatic “yes” to Washington

Budapest Memorandum - Wikipedia