Tablet Magazine

27 June 2024

21 Sivan 5784

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan arrive for a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the GCC-U.S. Strategic Partnership in Riyadh on April 29, 2024

The point of the U.S. deal isn’t peace. It’s to prevent the two American allies from coming together, while subordinating them both to Iran.

byLee Smith

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