{"id":28299,"date":"2017-11-25T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T17:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28299"},"modified":"2017-11-25T12:18:29","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T17:18:29","slug":"the-end-of-dreams-and-the-saving-of-appearances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=28299","title":{"rendered":"The \u2018End of Dreams\u2019, and the Saving of Appearances"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nZao Wu-Ki The red sun<\/b> 1950<\/center>Once again, to my delight, we\u2019re back with former British diplomat and MI6 \u2018ranking figure\u2019 Alastair Crooke and his Conflicts Forum<\/a> organization. We posted a few of his articles this year and last. This time, Alastair writes a reaction to one of his own articles posted at Consortium News, which I included in the November 18 Debt Rattle at the Automatic Earth. My short comment then: \u201cFormer (and current?!) TAE contributor Alastair Crooke draws his conclusions.\u201d <\/i>This morning, the Conflicts Forum reached out again:<\/p>\n

Dear Raul, We took the hint on a recent posting your site that referred to one of Alastair\u2019s articles! \u2026. and below is a comment piece he has done. It is an attempt to be strategic at where we\u2019re going.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Anytime, guys! My first reaction to that piece was that Alastair makes Donald Trump and Jared Kushner\u2019s role in the Saudi crackdown seem very large, which makes the role played by deep state America look small in comparison. And I\u2019m not so sure about that. The riddle of \u2018who\u2019s playing who?\u2019 is not a straightforward one. But that\u2019s by no means a criticism (I ain\u2019t criticizing no MI6!). It\u2019s a question.<\/p>\n

First, here are two paragraphs of that article to \u2018get in the mood\u2019:<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Saudi Scheme Unravels <\/a><\/p>\n

Aaron Miller and Richard Sokolsky, writing in Foreign Policy, suggest \u201cthat Mohammed bin Salman\u2019s most notable success abroad may well be the wooing and capture of President Donald Trump, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.\u201d Indeed, it is possible that this \u201csuccess\u201d may prove to be MbS\u2019 only success. \u201cIt didn\u2019t take much convincing\u201d, Miller and Sokolski wrote: \u201cAbove all, the new bromance reflected a timely coincidence of strategic imperatives.\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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