Pakistan First
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GCC will never or more like can never trust the US again.
What you are talking about? UAE has said multiple times they are doubling down on US relations / support and alliance.
If you read the statements of Officials in Bahrain / UAE then you will get following picture:
That this attacks by Iran shows us, who's enemy and who's friend. US is friend and Iran is enemy. US based systems protected the countries. What would have happened if they didn't had any US THAAD or Patriots ? They say they intercepted most of attacks but all attacks obviously cannot be intercepted during saturation attacks.
I understand what people, analysts or everyone else thinks about how Gulf will react in future. But what really matters is What officials / leaders are thinking in these countries. What their policy is, because their decisions will derive the policy. Its absolutely clear that they are doubling down on US alliance. Atleast the countries which are part of Abraham accords.
so when you or anybody say "Gulf" you just can't put them all in one basket. They have different policies. KSA, Qatar and Oman have one policy but Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait has completely different policy.
Also as far as attacks on GCC are concerned, that has also made a permanent wedge between Iran and GCC. Attacking US bases was understandable. But attacking airports, hotels and other non-military targets has painted Iran as number one enemy for atleast few GCC countries. So I don't agree that all GCC countries will now look away from US. Nope, we will see more cooperation. Honestly, I think except Oman all other GCC countries will invest and pour more money on US products, especially THAAD and likes because they have seen effectiveness of those weapons with their own eyes.








