Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago

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"Both Israel and Qatar are key protagonists in shaping US discourse and policy on the Middle East - on diametrically opposed sides of the spectrum.

Their strategic cultures correlate with neo-cons in the case of Israel and with MAGA in the case of Qatar. Israel looks at a region in a zero-sum fashion, and retribution. Qatar is looking at the region in more win-win, pragmatic terms.

Israel and the neo-cons have failed strategically on Iran while Qatar and MAGA have been right on restraint. As neo-cons fail they will attack Qatar to distract from its own failings."

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