"U.S. policy will emphasize Gulf security," states his new military strategy, in order to "prevent Iran's development of a nuclear weapon capability and counter its destabilizing policies" -- as if it's Iran that has been destabilizing the region.
Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, said recently that some Arab allies of the United States in the region had been "pursuing destabilizing policies" with regard to Iraq.
More importantly, I will be speaking with the prime minister today to make clear that there will be no daylight, there is no daylight when it comes to our support for Israel's security and our concerns about Iran's destabilizing policies and threats towards Israel.
Iran's destabilizing policies in the Middle East, Yemen being the latest one, should disturb Turkey.
Iran is a new option that would allow the European Union and the United States to be less dependent on the destabilizing policies of the Saudi kingdom.
Gulf Arab states had previously expressed their support for the Iran nuclear deal, but fear that the lifting of sanctions on Iran would enable it to pursue destabilizing policies in the Middle East.
If the US labels the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism, it would show solidarity with their shared security threat, North Korea, and allow for the potential creation of a US-South Korea-Japan tripartite pact to aggressively combat North Korea's destabilizing foreign policy.
"There can be little doubt that their destabilizing foreign policies are a threat to the interests of the United States, to the interests of every country in the Middle East, and to the interests of all countries within the range of the ballistic missiles Iran is developing," he said.
Partly as a result of these suspicions, both countries engage in reckless and destabilizing foreign policies.
These partisan attacks on the rules of government may be more harmful, and more destabilizing, than bad policies, like the $320 billion tax cut.
