As the [Iranian] protests spread [last summer], Mr Obama was faced with the dilemma that if he backed a new revolution, he could be made by the Iranian regime to look like an imperialist interloper. If he did not, the regime would win.
The result has been to leave Mr Obama looking weak among his key Gulf allies – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other, smaller sheikhdoms, which fear Iran as much as Israel does. They would like the President to devise a tougher strategy that solves the crisis without a military intervention by Israel. That, though, is viewed in the Gulf as increasingly unlikely.
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As the [Iranian] protests spread [last summer], Mr Obama was faced with the dilemma that if he backed a new revolution, he could be made by the Iranian regime to look like an imperialist interloper. If he did not, the regime would win.
The result has been to leave Mr Obama looking weak among his key Gulf allies – Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and other, smaller sheikhdoms, which fear Iran as much as Israel does. They would like the President to devise a tougher strategy that solves the crisis without a military intervention by Israel. That, though, is viewed in the Gulf as increasingly unlikely.
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