President Biden’s ME visit
July 24, 2022 Editorial: President Joe Biden's trip to Saudi Arabia and Israel last week was not a failure, but it was not a successful one. The only tangible positive outcome was Saudi Arabia's decision to open its airspace to all airlines, including Israel. Given Joe Biden's campaign pledge to make the desert kingdom a "pariah," no one expected him to be greeted with hugs and kisses on the forehead upon his arrival, and rightly so. As Prince Mohammed bin Salman punched him. The handshake arrival at the talks in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah was a formality, with Joe Biden repeating the White House's big pledge, "We will not back down and leave the void to be filled by China, Russia or Iran." Will not leave." The Saudi leadership was not swayed by the hyperbole – because it has its own worldview on the issue and was not expecting US intervention. The Saudis already knew that President Biden was coming to increase oil production in the kingd...