"Now we have a President with the Sunni Arabs, with Saudi Arabia,
which is Iran's strategic opponent in the Middle East, and we're going
to stand up against them," Keane said, adding Trump was building
"something like the framework of an Arab NATO (that's) ready to be
willing to counter the Iranians because they fully intend to dominate
the Middle East."
Keane described Trump's first stop in Saudi Arabia as "quite a
seminal event that's taking place here."
The president met with a warm
and enthusiastic welcome upon arriving in Saudi Arabia as part of a
multi-nation tour. The atmosphere was quite a change from the policies
under former President Barack Obama, Keane explained.
"The Sunni Arabs, they've been largely abandoned these last eight
years by the Obama administration as it accommodated the Iranians," he
said, noting that Obama instead worked with Shiite-majority Iran.
During his trip, Trump is meeting with King Salman of Saudi Arabia,
and will also meet with King Hamad of Bahrain, President El-Sisi of
Egypt and several other Mideast leaders.
Noting that Iran had been battling for 36 years to dominate the
Middle East, Keane said it would take more than arms to eradicate the
problem of radical Islamism.
"We can't just shoot our way out of this problem. You have to hold
(radical Islamists') horrific behavior accountable," Keane said. "They
need U.S. leadership . . . we are a unifying effort here."
See video General Keane's video here:
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Ret-Gen-Jack-Keane-Middle-East-President-Donald-Trump-Radical-Islamism/2017/05/21/id/791459/?ns_mail_uid=32379927&ns_mail_job=1732252_05222017&s=al&dkt_nbr=9qpjvs6s
Honestly is the key word in Trump’s phrase “honestly confronting Islamist extremism.” Trump’s speech starts at 24:00. Full text here.
President Donald Trump plans to propose $1.7
trillion in cuts to a category of spending that includes major social
and entitlement programs for lower-income Americans, as part of an
effort to balance the budget within a decade.
Accompanying President Trump’s visit to Saudi Arabia is the
endless propaganda about Islam and its tolerance, mercy and peace. Over
the weekend, Arab News reported on Saudi King Salman (above) taking President Trump and Melania on an exhibition about tolerance and co-existence among faiths.
