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Trump Administration Should Balance Iran and Saudi Arabia

Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute | 7/27/18

Candidate Trump appeared to understand Saudi Arabia. President Trump acts like other submissive royal retainers George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Instead of campaigning to hand the Middle East over to the Saudi royals, the Trump administration should stand for America’s interests.

Saudi Arabia is a Frenemy Which Makes the World More Dangerous

By Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute [@Doug_Bandow] | 1/28/2015
The House of Saud for years has helped spread radical and violent Islam by subsidizing fundamentalist Wahhabi teachings at home and abroad. This theology celebrates hostility to modernity and encourages extremism and terrorism.

Time to Tell Saudi Arabia to Pound Sand

By Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute | 10/29/13

American policy should be designed to serve the interests of Americans. Alliances should be a means to advance U.S. security, not a measure of international popularity a bit like accumulating “friends” on Facebook.