Un-Photoshopped Reuters photo sums up US foreign policy perfectly as Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al Zayani, representing the Gulf Co-operation Council, appears to leave U.S. President Barack Obama hanging during a welcome ceremony at the White House this week.
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And if you are really conspiratorial, crude prices and precious decoupled this week as Persian Gulf leaders arrived at Camp David...
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What hurts "America" the most? Lower oil prices (economic pressure) combined with surging precious metals (status quo faith shaken) and being snubbed (unipolar leadership questioned)
