@pack leader
Obvioulsy there are no real "friends" or "foe" for that matter in International relations. And what Amir Oren is saying is nothing new. Its well known that GCC-Israel-US combine has been working in containing Iran and shutting down its nuclear weapons program all for their own reasons. We see that in Wikileaks as well as private statements and public statements from GCC officials. Refer to post #3 and #16
Infact, the US actually has the least reason to contain Iran and given the scenario in Afghanistan and Pakistan would be a natural ally to stabilise Afghanistan and establish prescene there. IT would also suit very well for India too.
Unfortunately, Israel and GCC would not prefer that and will try to influence the US as much as possible to be hostile to Iran for the near future. And the Saudi/GCC would prefer Israel to attack Iran with the US joining in and doing all the dirty work for them while they sit back and watch.
we can agree to disagree
there are real "friends" and "foe" like American Israeli alliance or British American alliance
there is a third category the enemy's enemy or the usfull idiot
like Pakistan is for America not a friends but a short term tool to reach an objective
our Arab problem is permanent our Iranian problem is temporary
in the short term we will use gcc influence to cripple Iran
after the fundamentalists are goon and nationalists take over Iran we will ally with them against the Arab monarchy's
