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Arab States Should Stop Waiting for Washington to Save Them

Donald Trump's renewed threat to bomb Oman, coming after months of Muscat's mediation efforts failed to produce a Hormuz settlement on Washington's terms, has intensified questions about whether Gulf states can continue relying on the US security umbrella that has defined the region for decades. An editorial argues that the US-Iran war and President Trump's threats against mediator Oman prove that Arab states can no longer…