Obama ‘destabilizing’ Persian Gulf region: US professor
US President Barack Obama’s new pledge to back Arab allies in the Persian Gulf against Iran is a “destabilizing” move by the White House, an activist and writer in New York City says.
The US government’s support of “aggressive dictatorships” that are members of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council threatens stability in the region , said James Petras, a retired professor of sociology at Binghamton University.
(P)GCC member states are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.
“This is a very dangerous move by the Obama administration because it’s backing a regional organization which has demonstrated in Yemen [that] it’s a threat to peace and stability in the Persian Gulf area,” Petras told Press TV on Friday.
“I think this a very destabilizing move by Obama, it demonstrates his erratic behavior,” he added.
On Thursday, Obama said that the US agreed to deepen its military partnership with the Arab states in the face of Iran’s growing role in the region.
"I am reaffirming our ironclad commitment to the security of our (Persian) Gulf partners,” he told reporters after a summit with emirs and crown princes of (P)GCC states who gathered at the Camp David presidential retreat in the Maryland mountains.
In an interview with a Saudi newspaper published on Wednesday, Obama accused Iran of sponsoring terrorism and engaging in dangerous behavior in different countries across the region.
Human Rights Watch reminded the world, just earlier this week, of the type of leaders Washington deals with stating that “jails of Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, in particular, now contain many men and women whose only offense was to peacefully demand political reform or criticize their government.”
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