Wednesday, May 11, 2011

GCC expands

This is quite amazing: that the GCC will now expand to include Morocco and Jordan.  It is clear: Saudi Arabia (and US) wants to draw a distinction between Arab monarchies (which it views as virtuous and in no need for reform) and the Arab republics (which it views as corrupt and in need of reform).   The expansion shows US and Jordanian nervousness (the King of Morocco is too out of it to know anything from anything).  It should be renamed: The Arab Monarchist Council, or the Arab Tyranny Council.