Middle East News Thread

[Arch Dornan]

Is he the 2nd or 3rd most hated living president ATM?
I mean, Joe is number one, Carter is still kicking last I checked, but Clinton didn't manage to muck things up and Obama came in right after the GFC and Bush 2.0, so yeah...

Also, members of that clan get plots against them foiled in the most convenient of times.

The secret service and glowies do a good job so far.

 

[Agent23]

The secret service and glowies do a good job so far.

I mean to derail various peace talks and the like, like the Bush Sr.'s alleged foiled assassination plot right after he stopped being president while he was in Kuwait right after the 1st Gulf War.

 

[Arch Dornan]

I mean to derail various peace talks and the like, like the Bush Sr.'s alleged foiled assassination plot right after he stopped being president while he was in Kuwait right after the 1st Gulf War.

I wouldn't know that. Wasn't born then to be aware.

 

[gral]

but Clinton didn't manage to muck things up

He did - but his screwups blew up during the following administration(9/11 was just the main one). W. Bush got a weak hand and underperformed, making things even worse, but some of what is attributed to him is Mr. Cigar-in-an-intern's-privates' fault.

Of course, 'hatred' is a matter of how you're perceived after all(and on that front, I expect Clinton to get a downgrade in the following years, although he won't reach Bush II's level).

 

[Agent23]

He did - but his screwups blew up during the following administration(9/11 was just the main one). W. Bush got a weak hand and underperformed, making things even worse, but some of what is attributed to him is Mr. Cigar-in-an-intern's-privates' fault.

Of course, 'hatred' is a matter of how you're perceived after all(and on that front, I expect Clinton to get a downgrade in the following years, although he won't reach Bush II's level).

That is nothing compared to adding China to the WTO IMO, but again, he didn't muck things up visibly during his time, so a lot of democrats and independents as well as casuals probably still like him.

 

[Arch Dornan]

He did - but his screwups blew up during the following administration(9/11 was just the main one). W. Bush got a weak hand and underperformed, making things even worse, but some of what is attributed to him is Mr. Cigar-in-an-intern's-privates' fault.

Of course, 'hatred' is a matter of how you're perceived after all(and on that front, I expect Clinton to get a downgrade in the following years, although he won't reach Bush II's level).

What about the Serbs?

 

[gral]

That is nothing compared to adding China to the WTO IMO

Unfortunately, I think that would have happened whomever sat in the President's chair.

 

[Bacle]

 

[Husky_Khan]

Paid Who How Much For What Regarding McMaster and What Does the Time Frame Mean and In Relation to What Influencing? And when?

 

[Husky_Khan]

Oh look actual articles that make sense. Here's one from Al Jazeera POV.

FBI investigates former US general over Qatar lobbying role

According to FBI probe, Allen had financial incentives for helping Qatar and maintained strong ties to its top leaders.

www.aljazeera.com

And one from Breitbart.

FBI Investigating Retired Marine General for Illegal Lobbying for Qatar

The FBI is investigating a retired four-star Marine general as part of a probe into an illegal lobbying campaign for Qatar. | Politics

www.breitbart.com

Allen reportedly lobbied former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in 2017 when Saudi Arabia and other nations announced a blockade against Qatar over accusations of supporting terrorist organizations. Allen asked McMaster to have the Trump administration issue a statement in support of Qatar. Allen reportedly did not tell McMaster he was there on Qatar’s behalf.

According to the AP:

In a June 9 email to McMaster, Allen wrote the Qataris were ‘asking for some ‘help’ and were requesting the White House or State Department to issue a statement calling on all sides involved to ‘act with restraint.’
Two days later, then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a statement asking Gulf countries to “ease the blockade against Qatar” and asked “that there be no further escalation by the parties in the region.”

 

[Husky_Khan]

Syria's New Top Export making a minimum of 5.7 billion dollars a year with Bashar al-Assad as the grad of this Cartel.

Since 2019, shipments containing tens of millions of captagon pills – a type of highly-addictive narcotic used as an alternative to amphetamine – have been caught and intercepted throughout the Mediterranean and the Gulf region. Popular recorded cases include the Saudi authorities' interception of 44 million pills in April 2020 and Italian authorities seizure of over 84 million pills.

Those pills are hidden in basic and unsuspecting items being shopped across the world, including paper rolls, rubber tyres, and machine components. Many initially thought that the terror group Daesh was responsible for their production and distribution.

It was later discovered, however, that the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad and its affiliated militias produce the drugs and carry out smuggling operations across the Middle East and Europe in an effort to procure funds and circumvent international sanctions.

Assad regime made at least $5.7 billion profit from illegal drug trade in 2021, report reveals

The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad made a profit of at least $5.7 billion from its booming narcotics trade last year alone, as it continues to smuggle the captagon pills worldwide. Since 2019, sh...

www.middleeastmonitor.com

 

[WolfBear]

UN: Majority of Syrian refugees don't plan to go home within year

Most Syrian refugees in the Middle East do not plan to return to Syria in the near future.

www.al-monitor.com

 

[PsihoKekec]

Considering the mayor fighting ended several years ago, that's not much of surprise.

 

[Buba]

Bush Sr.'s alleged foiled assassination plot

Which sadistic and currupt Middle Eastern thug was Bush Sr. plotting to assassinate?

 

[Agent23]

Which sadistic and currupt Middle Eastern thug was Bush Sr. plotting to assassinate?

Allegedly Saddam was plotting to assassinate him.
This after he was no longer president.

 

[Buba]

Allegedly Saddam was plotting to assassinate him.
This after he was no longer president.

Oh .... bad, bad, evil, wicked Saddam, then

 

[WolfBear]

Allegedly Saddam was plotting to assassinate him.
This after he was no longer president.

Was this actually proven or is this just something that neocons cooked up to make Saddam look even worse than he already looked?

Oh .... bad, bad, evil, wicked Saddam, then

IMHO, Saddam should have waited until Bill Clinton was President before he would have invaded Kuwait. His blunder literally subsequently ended up costing him his life later on.

Shame, 'coz he had such a nice smile lol!

jk ofc

He was an extremely brutal butcher, sadist, and murderer!

Israeli and Palestinian leaders speak by phone for the first time in years | CNN

Israel's new Prime Minister Yair Lapid and the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas held a phone conversation Friday morning, which is believed to be the first such contact between Israeli and Palestinian leaders for five years.

www.cnn.com

 

[Arch Dornan]

UAE arrests Khashoggi’s US lawyer on money laundering charges

Asim Ghafoor, who had represented the slain Saudi journalist, was arrested while transiting through Dubai airport.

www.aljazeera.com

They won't get accountability over Khashogi. Not unless they stop being cucked oil bitches to the Saudis.

 

[WolfBear]

Not unless they stop being cucked oil bitches to the Saudis.

Kind of hard to do when you need the Saudis to combat Russia, no?

 

[Arch Dornan]

Kind of hard to do when you need the Saudis to combat Russia, no?

Tell that to the Democrats that want to bring MBS to justice.