[Thanks to Obama’s serial blunders, our country is quickly losing its influence in the Middle East, especially with the oil-rich Gulf states. Ironically, the fear once was that Obama was selling out to the Arabs – but in an historic turnabout they’re no longer buying. Even Israel has gotten a whiff of America’s weakness. It could yet prove invigorating. Whatever, at this rate no one in the region will be taking orders from Obama except Netanyahu. df]
"I don't think that Washington is really in the conversation" on Egypt in a significant way, said a senior Arab official. "We're not going to wait for the U.S. and the Europeans to decide to get more involved."
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