sort but they re also skeptical of saudi arabia so in a poll recently about 2 thirds of americans said saudi arabia is not really an ally it s not really trust you know an ally did they can trust him in and that raises a lot of questions of course a lot of democrats are skeptical of iran as well but they say that trump s moves on it withdrawing from the iran nuclear deal have actually made matters worse today blame him for for that escalation we ve seen ok now. the u.s. is building a coalition in the gulf right now it has 20 warships 20000. soldiers and sailors in the region 103 strike aircraft and it s been asking germany to participate in the military coalition to protect the oil that also fuels german industry do you see germany at some point. contributing
allied troops in yemen responsible for the killing civilians it s assassinated a journalist. suppresses of course women and is a world leader in executions so many are asking why should the west be allied with saudi arabia. the world has a responsibility to ensure the safety and security of this region to ensure that to deter iran from engaging in aggressive behavior by saudi arabia is also an aggressor the journalist jamal khashoggi lived in exile in the us and was murdered one visiting the saudi embassy in turkey his remains were never found saudi crown prince mohammed bin soundman is suspected to be deniable for his skin in. saudi arabia is also an aggressor in yemen the country has become the battlefield in which saudi arabia and iran wage a proxy war for regional dominance armed with weapons from the west if shown little
have these support of the americans without they count as one reason the americans probably just sent a new contingent of soldiers to saudi arabia or last week or so rick when we look at the potential impeachment problems in washington right now how is that affecting american for a foreign policy in the region is america going to be more focused on its internal struggles in washington than it should be on his foreign policy objectives well certainly it s going to turn the focus very much it also means. the house of representatives congress certainly won t want to give victory on any front that s going to intensify it was partisan battles even even more. ok in terms of iran ali is it enjoying what it s seeing in washington right now saying ok we re going to have a respite now america is going to be busy with its domestic politics and policies
a firming up of the the mullahs grip on power or are the moderates still. in the game with the option that they ve been enjoying up to the end of the iran nuclear deal yeah i mean you re asking probably about the rallying around the flag in fact if this is something that has materialized in iran or not i mean if you compare the situation today in iran to a decade ago when we had the bush administration in washington where we had a neo conservative ideological you know push for war in the middle east there was indeed a rallying around the flag among iranians back then against bush s regime change policies in the region but this time around given the you know given the very deep seated crises that the iranians face at home socio economic political and a collage of coal i think the main blame is put on the regime for old you know for all the problems also including the economic challenges and people do understand
a military conflict i had all of the presidential elections 2021 the lack of a consistent strategy in iraq. thanks so much to all views well for being here today suzanne if we could start with you you re just back from around r r from saudi arabia rather are people in that country worried about an attack by iran by a war in the region they are definitely i mean there s a war going on in the country in the south in yemen since 4 years and 6 months. they don t see so much of this war but this is definitely a replay percussion which goes straight directly to the heart of the of the country they see that there is destabilization in syria in iraq all around so they really fear that this could come to that this could strike the country destabilize the country. what about iran you know the fears of destabilisation in the wider region