Biden's Iran and energy policies alienate the Saudis

 Washington Examiner:

President Joe Biden's efforts to work with the Saudi royal family to increase global oil production were thoroughly rebuffed Monday, further exemplifying the frosty relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia during the president's first 14 months in office.

The Saudi Foreign Ministry declared Monday morning that the country "will not bear any responsibility for any shortage in oil supplies to global markets" and admitted that the attacks carried out by Iranian-backed Houthi rebels against Saudi oil production facilities over the weekend would prevent the country from meeting its daily production commitments for an unknown length of time.

Gas prices in the U.S. remain elevated, and the Saudi statement comes as the Biden administration has repeatedly petitioned Riyadh to surge oil production to protect the global supply in the wake of Russia's war in Ukraine.

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One of the first idiotic things Biden did after taking office was lift the Trump sanctions on the Houthis who have been attacking the Saudis. The US recently sent missile defense systems to Saudi Arabia, but Biden is still pursuing the idiotic deal with Iran that few in the Middle East support.  Biden has articulated no rational reason for pursuing the Iranian deal.  Several of the Middle East countries recently met with Israel in Egypt to discuss the situation.

The Saudis have warned that the oil supply is endangered by the Iran back Houthi attacks.

Amin Nasser, CEO of Saudi Arabia’s national oil company Aramco, said Monday the world had better begin paying close attention to the relentless terrorist attacks on Saudi oil facilities launched by the Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen, because Houthi mischief could make it difficult for the Saudis to increase oil shipments in response to global demand.

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 “The kingdom stresses the importance of the international community realizing the gravity of Iran’s continued behavior of equipping the terrorist Houthi militias with the technology of the ballistic missiles, and advanced UAVs with which they target the kingdom’s production sites of oil, gas and refined products,” the Foreign Ministry said.

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So why is Biden doing a deal to put Iran on the glide path to nuclear weapons? 

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