US is an unreliable ally and there is plenty of track record for this. Besides one should not put all eggs in one basket, it is too risky.
Americas influence in the Middle East has fallen: Top 10 reasons.
Thanks in large part to the leadership of Obama. But he is not alone, the entire foreign policy establishment in the US is clueless. Papa Bush was smart, but Baby Bush messed up big time. He removed Saddam and handed Iraq on a silver platter to Iran. He also helped Iran by removing the Taliban.
It is time for GCC states to actively chart a new course, quietly behind the scenes, while maintaining the facade of the status quo being unchanged.
KSA has tremmendous influence in the US bro. Second to Israel. From the region that is.
Obama is clueless and his administration is one of the weakest in American history. Most patriotic Americans cannot recognize their country. Bush Junior was an evangelical fool who caused more harm than anything else in the region and for his own country archiving ZERO.
Al-Qaeda is stronger than ever compared to the time before 9/11. USA has lost valuable allies since then. Their position has weakened militarily and economically. The debts are ENORMOUS. But they are still the most powerful country in the world mind you.
Iraq is not a Iranian proxy bro. That is a wrong assumption. The only thing that is correct is that their relations are better than during Saddam's time and before where they were rather cold. But they cannot risk their relations with ALL their other neighbors (who are anti-Mullah) for the sake of a few Mullah's. Even if they get removed. And once they get removed then the Mullah's cannot play the religion card anymore and all their influence vanishes.
And even if Iraq and Iran (LOL) made some alliance they would be no match WHATSOEVER against us Sunni Arabs or the Sunni world and our allies. So be calm about that one.
Also don't forget that the Iraqi Sunni Arabs who make up 25% and inhabit more than half of Iraq. They will not accept to be ruled by Mullah's from their arch-rival in Iran. Then you have the Kurds who are mostly Sunnis in the North that are ruling their own autonomous region (country even) in the North. They have their own agenda. In short they are no "rival".
I will watch closely what the Barack Hussein Obama administration will do in regards to Syria and from there plan ahead. I am sure the leadership does that already.
USA will continue to be a reliable partner. I cannot see how this can change. We can have good relations with USA, EU, NATO, Muslim world, Arab world, China and India at the same time.
Most are just economic relations.
