Arab leaders believe that US President Joe Biden’s recent visit to the Middle East was a dismal failure, as are his Middle East policies

 

Arabs point out that one of Biden’s biggest mistakes was that he took America’s Arab allies for granted while embarking on a policy of appeasement towards Iran’s mullahs. The Arabs are telling Biden that they do not appreciate or respect weak leaders like him. “The behavior of the Obama and Biden administrations regarding Iran and Afghanistan served as a wake-up call for the countries of the region,” said Ali Hamadeh, Lebanese Journalist, Annahar.

Gatestone (h/t Marvin W) The Arabs are saying that Biden failed to promote normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, convince the Saudis to increase oil production, and establish a security alliance to confront the threats from Iran and its proxies. He also failed to achieve a breakthrough in the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, they note.

“The Biden administration made major mistakes in its relations with its historical allies in the region, which came in the context of the legacy of the era of former President Barack Obama and his strange bias towards the so-called Iran Option,” wrote Lebanese journalist Ali Hamadeh. “The Biden administration made this option a priority in its foreign policy in order to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran.”

“The Biden administration made major mistakes in its relations with its historical allies in the region, which came in the context of the legacy of the era of former President Barack Obama and his strange bias towards the so-called Iran Option,” wrote Lebanese journalist Ali Hamadeh. “The Biden administration made this option a priority in its foreign policy in order to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran.”

Hamadeh said that the credibility of the US administration remains at stake, especially in light of its policies in the region and attitude towards America’s historical and traditional Arab allies whose national security and vital interests have been compromised.

Biden’s intention, the Lebanese journalist pointed out, was to fix the flaw in relations with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and even with Israel.

“However, Biden found leaders of a new type with new perceptions of the interests of their countries… America’s credibility in the region has declined. The behavior of the Obama and Biden administrations regarding Iran and Afghanistan served as a wake-up call for the countries of the region.”

Egyptian author and economic expert Mustafa Abdel Salam wrote that Biden failed to achieve the two main goals of his visit. “The visit had two goals,” Abdel Salam wrote.

“The first was political, namely, to besiege Iran and increase the pressure on it through the establishment of an alliance or a regional security axis with the aim of securing Israel and preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear program weapons. The second was an economic goal, to reduce the prices of oil, petroleum and other energy products in international markets. In my estimation, Biden failed to achieve both goals, in addition to the statements issued by some of the countries participating in the summit rejecting the policy of alliances.”

According to Abdel Salam, the US president returned to Washington empty-handed because he did not “besiege” Iran or reduce the prices of gasoline and oil in his country. Instead, he said, the opposite happened, as oil prices increased by 2.5% after a US official confirmed that Washington does not expect Saudi Arabia to increase oil production immediately.

Sayed Zahra, deputy editor of the Gulf newspaper Akhbar Al-Khaleej, wrote that the Arab leaders who attended the summit in the Saudi city of Jeddah together with Biden sent a message to the US and the rest of the world that the Arabs alone can determine what their interests are and how they should be protected and defended.

Saudi political analyst Mohammed Al-Saed wrote that he too shared the view that Biden’s visit to the region came too late.

He could have bridged the huge gap not only between him and Riyadh, but also with Cairo and Abu Dhabi, the most important Arab capitals active and able to help America in its current political and economic crisis. He should have come weeks after entering office instead of allowing smoke screens to block visibility and impede communication.”

The Saudi analyst said that Biden has become lame in politics. “He is trying to please the leftist extremists from the Democratic Party and follow in their footsteps,” he argued.

“Biden came bearing the grave mistakes he and his party committed against the region during the Obama administration. The Middle East paid a heavy price in terms of security, stability and the economy because of America’s drift behind hostile policies. Egypt, Bahrain, Yemen and Libya were stable countries until the US president decided to tamper with their security for no reason other than his fascination with the discourse of the left and the extremist [Muslim] Brotherhood.

The Biden White House did not stop there, but rather tried to tamper with the security of its traditional allies in the Gulf, and today Biden wants things to return to the way they were. The Arab countries are still bleeding. I remember a little over a year ago how Biden described his relations with Riyadh when he said that they were partners and not allies, then removed the [Iranian-backed] Houthis from their designation as terrorists and then returned to the Iranian nuclear agreement.”

Gregg Carlstrom, Middle East correspondent at The Economist, says President Biden “came back with nothing” from his trip to the Middle East.

Former Ambassador to Israel slams Biden’s trip to the Middle East as a “missed opportunity.”

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