GCC States get Smart for Now, Deny Idea of Political Union…………
“Manama: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has no immediate plans to turn into a Gulf union, the GCC head has said. "The GCC foreign ministers' meeting in Manama did not discuss any idea to turn the GCC into a union and this plan is not on the agenda of the leaders of the bloc when they meet at the next summit in Abu Dhabi," Abdul Rahman Al Atiyyah said. "However, everything remains possible when the leaders hold their summit," Al Atiyyah said, quoted by Kuwaiti daily Al Jareeda. The foreign ministers held a one-day meeting in Manama on Tuesday to discuss Bahrain's vision to improve the performance of the six-member alliance formed in 1981 in Abu Dhabi. Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait had earlier submitted views on boosting joint action and unity…......”
Which shows that these ministers are not stupid and irresponsible, not yet. They are not willing to give up their national independence, not yet. These are mostly small states where foreigners exceed the native population. Unlike Europe, there is no political, or even military, balance each other; especially with with Saudi Arabia, a sure danger sign of hegemony. They could be swallowed up by their big Wahhabi royalist neighbor to the west quickly. Saudi media have been pushing for the idea of a political union, through public newspaper opinion pieces and “debates” by paid “opinion makers”.
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