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I think that's the biggest recent geopolitical development in the region as well. China managed to pull off a masterful geopolitical achievement brokering normalization of relations between the Saudis and Iran.
Blinken is shaking his head. Gonna go down as another McNamara. All his work undone because US foriegn policy is guided by Weltpolitik as opposed to Realpolitik.
He looks demoralized and depressed in every recent vid I've seen of him. Project Ukraine is unravelling, Middle East is an absolute disaster, any plans for containing China they might've had are fizzling fast. I think he's starting to realize none of this ends will for this admin or him personally.