Gulf oil monarchy security, not democracy, drives US Mideast policy
Evidence
The US agenda in the Arab region has never been to promote democracy, as heralded by President Obama in his 2009 Cairo speech. Instead, the security of Washington’s rich clients and protégés, the Gulf’s oil monarchies—and particularly the Saudi kingdom, arguably the most antidemocratic and anti-women state on earth—has animated US policy since World War II. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 381 (
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In reality, the United States has never had an interest in bringing democracy to the people of the Middle East, or to any other people for that matter. If anything, it has a long and sordid record of wrecking democratic movements and replacing them with dictatorships. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 206 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Protecting Saudi oil monarchy, not democracy, has driven US regional policy since WWII — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 381; Gulf oil monarchies’ security, not democracy, has animated US regional policy since WWII.; US foreign policy has never genuinely pursued Middle East democracy — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 206 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Protecting Saudi oil monarchy, not democracy, has driven US regional policy since WWII
#corroborates(1.00) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 381 - Gulf oil monarchies’ security, not democracy, has animated US regional policy since WWII.
#corroborates(1.00) - US foreign policy has never genuinely pursued Middle East democracy
#expands(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 206 - US Middle East oil policy pursued access, not territorial control
#corroborates(0.85) - Bin Laden’s war on the U.S. was rooted in the Saudi oil-protection presence
#exemplifies(0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2326 - US policy judged Islamist groups by oil access, not their record
#expands(0.78) - US military base construction was driven partly by oil interests in Saudi Arabia.
#exemplifies(0.75) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 81