Allies
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The French, as Fromkin reminds us, “shrank Syria, so that they could control it,” rewarding their “Christian
allies
by swelling the borders of Mount Lebanon with the Bekaa valley, the Mediterranean ports of Tyre, Sidon, Beirut and Tripoli, and…land…north of Palestine.
President Putin and his
allies
have every reason to rejoice.
America’s military presence was intended, above all, to preserve the Arab status quo, and hence the flow of energy from the Persian Gulf, for the benefit of the US, its allies, and the entire global economy.
That change is almost certain to be reflected in America’s relationships with its Arab
allies
and partners.
Preventing rivals from gaining overweening influence in the region, however, will require a very different type of response – one that will require the backing of old allies, such as Japan, and new friends, like India.
America's irritation with some of its European
allies
- Tony Blair's UK being the noticeable exception - is understandable.
Instead, today America alone spends more than most of its NATO
allies
combined, and defense spending in the US is likely to increase even more in the years to come.
It should be remembered that America and its allies, faced with strategic fears of a similar type during the Cold War, also supported repugnant and oppressive regimes in places like Zaire, Chile, and Indonesia.
He was keen to support the Saudis and their Persian Gulf allies, who provided him with a steady flow of aid and an outlet for surplus Egyptian labor.
But, for the third and fourth generation leaders, giving America and its
allies
and partners an excuse to “contain” China – and restrict its economic development – remains the great nightmare.
The second element in Putin's edifice of political power – contributed by his clan
allies
– is a hidden control of Russia's media.
The big losers from falling oil prices include several countries that are not friends of the US and its allies, such as Venezuela, Iran, and Russia.
Details Trump provided to the Russians included the plot’s location and the damage the devices could wreak – facts that had reportedly been denied to America’s European
allies
so far, because of the sensitive sources involved.
America’s intelligence ties extend from intimate collaboration with World War II partners, NATO members, and Asian
allies
to politically sensitive and therefore less publicized cooperation elsewhere in the world.
Like painstakingly collected sensitive intelligence, evidence of that damage will accumulate only gradually, as friends and
allies
keep their counsel – and their insights – to themselves.
Russia’s Western
allies
do not necessarily like the regime – just as many of Germany’s supporters abhorred the Nazis – but there seems to be no alternative.
In tough times, according to this view, one cannot choose one’s
allies.
(Germany and its northern European allies, however, insist that this be an alternative to some form of debt mutualization, rather than a complement to it.)
Even the Kurds’ closest
allies
worry that recognition of a Kurdish state might upset the regional balance and pose a threat to peace.
Africa’s LGBT people desperately need such powerful
allies
in their struggle for human and economic rights.
Had Bush, former Vice President Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and their neocon
allies
been forthright about their intentions – to bring down Saddam Hussein by means of war, thereby creating a new, pro-Western Middle East – they never would have received the support of Congress and the American public.
As a result, the United States’
allies
in the region would need new security guarantees.
Russia and China both feel “encircled” by the United States and its
allies.
But Trump had already successfully bullied the deputy attorney general who is supervising the investigation into sharing highly sensitive information with his
allies
on Capitol Hill, upending all precedent.
And it was assumed that what Trump’s
allies
learned would be fed to the White House, undermining the crucial concept of congressional oversight of the executive branch.
Meanwhile, the president tries to undermine public faith in the investigation by attacking it routinely, to some effect, all the while picking fights with America’s closest
allies
and displaying sympathy for the world’s autocrats.
Moreover, in order to combat Iran’s influence in the eastern Mediterranean, Saudi Arabia has increased support for its
allies
in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, and has effectively taken responsibility for financing, arming, and directing the Syrian opposition and rebel forces.
According to public-opinion polls, the center-left Democratic Party, led by Pier Luigi Bersani, along with some more left-leaning allies, has the support of roughly 33% of the electorate, down since late January, while backing for Berlusconi’s center-right coalition has risen to 28%.
Iran and Russia are the Assad regime’s two main
allies
and the only external actors able to bring about a change of attitude in Damascus.
Their exodus accelerated in August 2004, after the start of the terrorist bombing campaign against Christian churches by Islamists who accuse them of collaboration with the
allies
by virtue of their faith.
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