The problem however is when such rules affect two parties who are both allies of the USA, like Israel and Qatar. Then there will be plenty of lies, more lies to cover earlier lies, charades about meeting both sides, and so on. Let us be clear, to quote bimbo Karoline Levitt - The issue between Israel and Qatar will not be blown up into unforeseen proportions. They are both allies of the USA with Qatar an avid supporter of the USA and USA an avid supporter of Israel. It is all in the family.
The real target was distinctly Hamas negotiators as defined by Netanyahu, nothing out of the ordinary. But whether it was all a set-up has to be determined and whether all three parties - USA, Israel and Qatar are lying on the same bed. Honestly, I do not think Qatar is truth worthy.
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It is precisely the USA having control of the wealth of the Middle Eastern leaders that makes it practically impotent for them to create any fruitful kind of alliance against Israel. The Arabs took the bait and fell into a trap decades ago. It is too little too late for them to disengage themselves from the trap.
Why would those Arab leaders risk having their wealth seized by the West like the case of Russia, by going against the USA and Israel? The seizure of Russian assets is already what the Chinese would consider killing the chicken to teach the monkeys.
China is acutely aware of that risk as well, which is why China is selling off USA assets and creating the BRI. Moreover, China still has some leverage and deterrence against the USA in that USA assets in China are no small potato. Instead of buying more USA assets with the trade surpluses as was done in the past, China is investing those surpluses in the BRI, extending loans to poor countries to build infrastructures. Those are safe investments as the infrastructures cannot be seized as they belong to other countries and are moreover not inside the USA. The other important point to note was while the loans were made in US$, the repayment of the loan was to be in Yuan. Wasn't that a masterstroke by China recycling the US$ into Yuan? Was that why there is so much demonization of the BRI, with all the hogwash about debt traps and even sabotaging being employed?
These steps by China under the radar are all de-dollarization moves that the USA may just underestimate, but the consequences are profound. The USA can underestimate the effect of moves taking place under the BRI and BRICS at its own peril, thinking that the US$ hegemony is still untouchable. Let the enemy continue to sleep, while the earth is shifting under its feet.
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