The Middle Eastern nations see who’s winning in Ukraine and it’s not the U.S. Nobody wants to hitch their wagon to a loser. From Robert Inlakesh at azerbaykan24.com:
US President Joe Biden departing Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022, at the end of his first tour in the Middle East as president © MANDEL NGAN / AFP
Once the undisputed hegemonic power in the Middle East, thought to be indispensable for the security and success of a range of regional leaderships, the US has been fading into the background to the benefit of its adversaries.
As armed conflict erupted between NATO-backed Ukraine and Russia in February of 2022, the Joe Biden administration in Washington decided to throw its weight behind Kiev and focus on a project to bog down Moscow, while unleashing wave after wave of sanctions. Despite spending at least $75 billion dollars on assistance to Ukraine and making Russia the most sanctioned nation on earth, the US has failed to bring Moscow to its knees. In fact, one could say that it is the US that has been cut down to size in the global arena, especially in the Middle East, an area it once considered its own backyard.
