GCC’s Diplomatic Snub of Obama’s Camp David

... Barack Obama were from Kuwait and Qatar. Quite significantly, Saudi, Bahraini and Emirati Kings preferred to send their top-level officials instead of showing up themselves. This became a first public display of a growing rift between Washington and the GCC. The ties that have been weakening during Obama’s presidency have suffered a major blow due to Washington’s reluctance to stand by the Gulf states in Syria and more recently due to America’s decision to engage with Iran. Reuters US-produced systems will of course be playing a key role in the development of GCC’s missile defense. In fact, US arms contractors, for whom the GCC is already ...