"splitting from Washington over American support for Arab uprisings". Excuse me? Washington supported Arab uprisings? When and where? Did the US support the uprising in Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Oman, Saudi Arabia, or Bahrain? Or even in Yemen where the US is working hard with Saudi Arabia to salvage the Salih's regime? Or even in Egypt and Tunisia where the US did not break with both regime until the tyrants could not rule any longer?