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is this a thank you token for putting pressure on Qatar?
by demarq 9y ago
is this a thank you token for putting pressure on Qatar?
- rjsw 9y agoTurkey is supporting Qatar.
- demarq 9y agoI know that, and also Qatar Airways also benefits from this. That's beside the point. The target wasn't commercial but political. The US just chose to put commercial pressure to achieve political goals. Have a look at the demands that were made. EDIT: Qatar is still on the list... ah well.
- wfunction 9y agoI upvoted you (it's nice food for thought) but I'm also hesitant to give anyone bad credit for a good thing. The ban needed to be removed eventually, and it was.
- Quarrelsome 9y agoI'm not buying that as part of US strategy. Saudi vs Qatar seems to be part of the standard Saudi vs Iran stuff that the West tries its best to ignore.
- wavefunction 9y agoThe President is "paying attention": https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/trump-qatar-saudi-arabia-terrorism-corker/529479/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/tr...
- bogomipz 9y agoExcept that the West isn't trying to ignore it, at least not Trump: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/trump-qatar-saudi-arabia-terrorism-corker/529479/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/06/tr...