The Promise of False Security
The Promise of False Security Karl Miller’s new report says the Gulf paid for protection it never got, and that it is time to walk away Larry C Johnson Riyadh / KING ABDULLAH FINANCIAL DISTRICT For years the Gulf monarchies have been told that the path to security runs through Washington and Tel Aviv. Sign the Abraham Accords, buy Israeli defense and surveillance technology, invest in the right American funds, and you will be protected. Then came this war. Refineries in Saudi Arabia, LNG trains in Qatar and energy facilities across the region were hit, and none of those partnerships kept the missiles and drones away. Karl Miller, whose assessments of the Gulf energy crisis I have relied on throughout this war, has now turned to the money and the politics behind that security bargain. His new report is titled, provocatively, “How the Gulf Countries Were Extorted to Fund Economic and Individual Genocide in Palestine.” The title states his allegation. What makes the report worth rea...