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Qatar already deals with Iran and Russia by proxy. Qatar’s largest trading partner now is China and Qatar supports the one China policy.
by ch4s3 1y ago
Qatar already deals with Iran and Russia by proxy. Qatar’s largest trading partner now is China and Qatar supports the one China policy.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Qatar already deals with Iran and Russia by proxy So does the UAE. They’ve played their game well. It doesn’t mean we need to be their staunch defenders. But it’s in our government’s interest to not piss them off for no gain. And we’re not in a place in America where foreign policy swings power.
- ch4s3 1y agoWe should wash our hands of both places and their petty feud. They offer us nothing but problems and moral stain by association.
- alephnerd 1y agoMuch of Europe and Asia is dependent on Gulf sourced ONG and Gulf sourced FDI. And the current crisis is happening because the last time we were hands off with Middle Eastern affairs shortly before the Arab Spring, a number of conflicts spiraled into proxy wars between KSA, UAE, Qatar, Turkiye, and Iran.