Bloodless Coup

So Did George Bush Get the Arab Monarchies on Board Against Iran?

No. Not even close.

In the wake of the president's visit to the region Abu Aardvark has a post up that includes lots of links that point to increasing and improving ties between Iran and the GCC monarchies. And about the president's trip ...

So all told, on Iran issues the GCC and other key Arab states seem to be going right on exploring engagement with Iran despite the American sabre-rattling. Most analysts see Bush leaving empty-handed, with the savvy Egyptian political scientist Mohamed al-Sayid Said writing in the UAE paper al-Ittihad that Bush's completely fruitless visit to the region will likely go down in history as one of the strangest and most pointless visits to the Middle East of any world leader.