Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, meeting with the defense ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member nations, urged the governments of those nations to put their recent differences aside and unite behind their mutual hostility toward Iran.
The GCC, composed of Persian Gulf Arab states and dominated by Saudi Arabia, has recently dealt with internal acrimony, mostly centering on Qatar’s perceived support for the Muslim Brotherhood.
In early March, Saudi Arabia threatened a full blockade of tiny GCC member Qatar unless they closed down the al-Jazeera television network over Saudi complaints that their coverage was sympathetic to the Egyptian government, ousted last summer in a military coup.
Though GCC policy is usually driven more or less unilaterally by the Saudis, the Qatari dispute had raised concerns that the alliance was falling apart. Hagel insisted that it could be preserved if everyone just focused on the putative “threat” of Iran.
That would send the Arab and western worlds into a spin, there is a reason that Iran has so many Missiles, an attack by the US or Israel will see retaliation, part of that retaliation will be against those Arab countries not sharing their version of Islam, PLUS an attack on the Western World that it understands very clearly, OIL!!!!!!!!!!!!
If Iran is attacked it will retaliate by missile attack on the regions refineries, regardless as to that idea that the US can go it alone if they really need to, we must also realize that the US has International parity pricing, big business oil will not allow the price to drop in the US if it can sell it in Europe for more, regardless where it comes from! realizing that much of the US oil refined actually comes from Canada, they will not sell their oil for chicken feed either!
"the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country." Hermann Goring https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hermann_G%F6ring
Hagel seems to be following Goring's advice.
I think Hagels advice could be good for the region…… Yes….. the Gulf States should join together and put in place a no-nonsense plan to produce six to twelve nuclear weapons to balance any Iran may produce… and as a feeble deterrent to the 100s the Israelis already posses.. Pakistan is ready to help and provide Dr. Khan's assistance… They would rather be paid to assist fellow Muslims in self defense projects, than sell the lives of their young and idealistic to the death god of the USA drone fetish….. Maybe Hagel could help by providing any fissile material necessary to speed the project along;… LOL…..
Are you one of the CIA agent in Syria trying to topple Assad? Iran is not a threat, the puppet Arab states in the service of Israel and US are. Go and educate youself before writing more nonsense to make people laugh.
Such brazen warmongering. How else to explain attempts to whip up and maintain hostility through such artificial and manipulative methods?
Don't you remembdr antiwar.com through JustinRaimondo led a campaigne in support of the warmonger and a war criminal Hage? Review his articles to understand what I am saying. Don't trust anyone and rely on your analysis. Many 'progressives' are in the service of US policy to fool people. We don't trust anyone.
Raimondo only backed Hagel, because all the other candidates were worse……. Everyone knew Hagel was no angel…. In hindsight, Raimondo's support should have been more qualified and tepid. I threw my lukewarm support to Hagel, SOLELY on Raimondo's behalf…. as our esteemed leader…. Without Raimondo's ardent enthusiasm, my support would have been pukewarm…..
It was a risk. The Neocons were using a Raimondo dog whistle when they came out against Hagel. His successful appointment has been considered AIPAC's first recent defeat. I think criticisms towards him are justice. In his defense he is dealing with a bunch of crazy people. He has crazy people in the US, crazy people in Israel, and crazy people in the Arab states to deal with. Collectively they have invented their own false reality. He defends negotiations with Iran when the US political class and the Middle East wants to shoot and ask questions later.
Stop painting US as an 'innocent' player and blame Israel, neocon, crazy people, and Arab for the crime of the US. THIS IS US PIOLICY. If you don't get it then read Greath Porter's book or read this article by Richman: http://fff.org/explore-freedom/article/the-neocon…
Hagel is a war criminal like blair , Bush, Obama, Clinton, Rice, and Kerry. All supported Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya wars based on lies and are supporting the constructed war in Syria where are responsible for 150000 dead and destruction of Syria, by US-Turkey-Saudis-Israel and their allies.
Chuck Hagel has been a disappointment.
Saudi Arabia is more of a threat than Iran.
Hagel is one of THEM. Speaking now on behalf of the 1% warmongering elite. I can't believe some of us (me included) were duped by this guy and his Israeli show trial.