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Eastern front revisited: Cooperation among Egypt, Jordan and Iraq to counterbalance US-Israeli hegemony.
2020-09-03
Wishful thinking from Egypt. So why did the government-aligned Al Ahram publish this eruption by a former assistant foreign minister?
[AlAhram] Moves to establish a tripartite mechanism of cooperation among Egypt, Jordan and Iraq could provide an important counterbalance to US-Israeli regional hegemony.
Sorry — unless Gropey Joe Biden is elected there will be no counterbalancing. Iraq is a disaster, Jordan is scrambling to not be a disaster, and Egypt is in the least bad condition its been since Nasser overthrew Egypt’s playboy king.
On Tuesday, 25 August, the Jordanian capital, Amman, hosted the third summit of the tripartite mechanism of cooperation among Egypt, Jordan and Iraq. The first summit had taken place in Cairo in March of last year, and the second took place in New York City during the ordinary session of the UN General Assembly in September 2019.

In the two previous summits, Iraq was represented by the former Iraqi prime minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi. This time, Iraq was represented by the new Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadmi.
Posted by:trailing wife

#3  Interesting thought, swksvolFF.

Glenmore, did you mean Jared Kushner, son-in-law rather than son?
Posted by: trailing wife   2020-09-03 21:24  

#2  So why did the government-aligned Al Ahram publish this eruption by a former assistant foreign minister?

Cover for an anti-Turkey agreement?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-09-03 15:10  

#1  Pompeo, Trump Jr, and Tillerson have made much progress in the Middle East - they may be near a tipping point that will improve conditions enough that populations will stop believing their 'masters.'
Posted by: Glenmore   2020-09-03 10:56  

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