Posted by Allison Hillman | Jan 30, 2017 | National Security
Strong leadership is respected
Obama and Saudi Arabia have a long relationship. They have been forced to deal with each other for 8 years and it is safe to say that neither was happy about it. But how does the coutnry feel about our new President?
It seems strange that Obama couldn’t get along with the Saudi government. He has shown his support of terrorists in general. There are multiple documented incidents of him sending money that ended up financing terror groups such as Al-Qaeda. He often denied the money was meant for them but somehow it always ended up in their pockets anyway.
“So-called” allies; was a term often used by Obama when referring to Saudi Arabia. He accused them of practicing a terrorist-inspiring version of Islam. This is the man that sent
billions to other Islamic countries practicing the same exact religion. He simply wanted excuses to pick and choose enemies.
When Obama took a trip to Saudi Arabia last year, the government openly snubbed him. The delegation that met Obama at the airport was small and noticeably missing King Salman; a quite unusual action that could only be interpreted as dishonor.
Obama’s arrival was not even broadcast on Saudi’s state television, another disrespect. Perhaps all this was in return for Obama suggesting that Saudi Arabia learn to “share” the Middle East with rival Iran;
“The competition between the Saudis and the Iranians — which has helped to feed proxy wars and chaos in Syria and Iraq and Yemen — requires us to say to our friends as well as to the Iranians that they need to find an effective way to share the neighborhood and institute some sort of cold peace.”
In 2013, Obama decided not to stage a military strike against Syrian President Bashar Assad after Assad apparently crossed Obama’s “red line” by using chemical weapons. This was seen as just more contempt from Obama.
The Saudi reigning family never showed any indication that they liked Obama either. They have called him naïve. Of great contention between the two governments was Obama’s continued support of the Iran nuclear deal. From an American perspective, the deal was dangerous and ignorant. From a Saudi Arabia view, Obama armed their enemies.
The Saudi’s would have been waiting to see who won the election, Hillary and Donald Trump would have taken office with very different approaches to dealing with the country. Since Trump won, many in our nation have speculated that his attitude would just make relations worse.
Once again, they could not have been more wrong. It is becoming increasingly clear that President Trump’s no-nonsense stance is taking the world by surprise and earning him respect. It is a stark contrast to Obama’s weak leadership and appears to be exactly what was needed.
He is determined to put America on top again
Yesterday President Trump had a phone call with Saudi leaders King Salman bin Abdul Aziz and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. The phone call was quite successful.
The President’s critics have been declaring loudly that his promise to make wealthy nations like Saudi Arabia foot the bill for “safe zones” in Syria would make instant enemies. Since Saudi already detested our former leader there is doubt that Trump could have actually done worse.
On Friday, President Trump did sign the final bill ending Syrian refugee resettlement in America. This became just one of the strong and thus controversial actions that Trump took in his first week. The men in control of Saudi Arabia seem to respect that strength.
The White House released a statement following Trump’s call with Abu Dhabi’s crown prince that said: “The President also raised the idea of supporting safe zones for the refugees displaced by the conflict in the region, and the Crown Prince agreed to support this initiative.”
The details of safe zones have not been released so we don’t yet know what that program may look like but it is very promising that the Saudi leaders are on board.
Trump has this force under control
One of the other reasons for their warmth towards President Trump may be his sensible thoughts on the Iran nuclear deal. Trump had originally said that he would rip up or renegotiate the deal as soon as he took office. However, during the phone call, the two leaders “agreed on the importance of rigorously enforcing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran and of addressing Iran’s destabilizing regional activities,” the White House said.
These are two huge steps for relations between Saudi Arabia and America. Obama has been struggling to even maintain speaking terms with the country so the fact that President Trump has managed to make strides towards agreements is noteworthy.
The White House also stated that the two leaders discussed “the importance of strengthening joint efforts to fight the spread of radical Islamic terrorism.”
“The views of the two leaders were identical on the files that were discussed during the call, including the fight against terrorism, extremism, their finance, formulating the appropriate mechanisms for that, and confronting those who seek to undermine security and stability in the region and interfere in the internal affairs of other states,” that statement read.
Dealing with an Islamic country such as Saudi Arabia has its pitfalls. President Trump will proceed carefully because they could be unpredictable but he has set the tone. Under his administration there will be no more undependable and spineless politics. He is telling the whole world that America is back
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