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Originally Posted by Onkel Neal
Doesn't matter at all , it's definitely progress and should be applauded by all.
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But, is it really progress or PR? The actual effect of the claimed 'progress' isn't known and still won't be known for a very long time if ever; remember, Saudi Arabia has, in the past, subscribed to various 'peace proposals' only to turn a blind eye to the support of terrorism against Israel, the US, and other countries/entities by not only their citizens, but, also, members of the SA government and the Saudi Royal Family; the actual intent by SA in making its public show of 'endorsing' various 'peace proposals' has been more as a means of buying time and whitewashing what their citizens actually espouse; there has been a long time shell game of SA, and other Arab nations, actively engaging in sponsorship of terrorism and then trying to wash it all away by hiding behind the PR of 'peace proposals'; the Arab response to various outings of terrorist activities launched by their citizens has been one of 'But, we are not responsible; see, we have a peace document we signed to prove its not our fault!', an act as convincing as Claude Rains' police Captain who was "shocked! shocked!!" by wrongdoing he either was aware of or in which he participated in the movie
Casablanca...
Of all the many, many, peace efforts launched in the Mideast, only two have afforded Israel any modicum of enhanced security: the Egypt-Israel and the Israel-Jordan Treaties; although they have not been perfect, they have, in fact removed a considerable amount of concern about those two states regarding Israel, and, by extension, the US and others; Jordan has maintained a hands off stance towards Israel and has not been welcoming to the more radical Islamists; Egypt has also been significantly less of a threat and has actually cooperated with US security entities in routing out terrorism; all in all not a bad result...
The latest UAE and Bahrain 'peace agreements' really do little more than attempt to burnish the international image of those states while giving them a quasi "plausible deniability" factor when they are "shocked! shocked!!" when one of their citizens is caught involved in terrorism...
Then there is the plight of a flailing Trump who desperately needs a PR "win", any "win", even if it is a hollow shell...
I wonder what Trump promised the UAE/Bahrain to get his faux deal...?...
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