Pretty good article although, it is still very soft on Saudi Arabia and too intent to glamorize bin Salman. But american media has always been intent on glamori

Pretty good article although, it is still very soft on Saudi Arabia and too intent to glamorize bin Salman. But american media has always been intent on glamorizing bin Salman. What really pisses me off about this whole story is the role Trump played. It is not surprising to see Saudi Arabia and the Emirates to suddenly gang up in an surprising all out attack on Qatar in one morning. These types of intrigues happen in the Middle East quite often. What is unusual and very disappointing is that the US president also joined in the gang with his tweets. And the initial tweet was timed to come in exactly before the sanctions were announced ... it looked like the whole thing was carefully coordinated (even if it wasn't, it looked like it was and that is enough to damage the US reputation). And then when Tillerson was out there trying to diffuse the subject and ensure the safety of out base, Trump actually undermined him.