obama is more fucked up than I had thought
King Salman?s decision to skip the summit meeting does not mean that the Saudis are giving up on the United States ? they do not have many other options, said Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. ?As upset as the Saudis are, they don?t really have a viable alternative strategic partnership in Moscow or Beijing,? Mr. Sadjadpour said.
But, he added, ?there?s a growing perception at the White House that the U.S. and Saudi Arabia are friends but not allies, while the U.S. and Iran are allies but not friends.?
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