The GCC and its Problems | nsnbc international - 0 views
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Paul Merrell on 20 Dec 14If this article is correct, there's a realignment of GCC-U.S. relations well under way. But I'm skeptical about the Saudi rhetoric on combating terrorism. So far as I'm aware, Riyadh has taken no action to halt the flow of Saudi funding to ISIL and Al-Nusrah (which earlier this year announced their merger). And the Saudis are providing a base for the U.S. to train "moderate Syrian fighters" aka ISIL and Al-Nusrah. Meanwhile, the Saudi efforts to depress oil prices has been widely reported as resulting from a deal with the U.S. to cripple the economies of Russia, Iran, and Venezuela in exchange for the U.S. agreeing to target the Assad government in Syria before attacking ISIL and Al-Nusrah.