http://twitchy.com/samj/2026/05/26/mehek-cooke-abraham-accords-let-trump-cook-n2428572
National security expert Mehek Cooke explains how Trump's push to bring Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, and others into the landmark peace framework alongside any Iran deal forces regional players to have real "skin in the game" when it comes to containing Tehran.
No more free rides for neighbors who share Iran's backyard but previously faced zero consequences for looking the other way.
Take a look at this:
Mehek Cooke (@MehekCooke) ~ Trump just turned the Abraham Accords into an accountability trap for the Gulf states and Iran walked right into it.
The fact that gulf states like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey have never held Iran accountable is due for exposure. They share a neighborhood. They can't sanction, shame, or confront Iran while having zero security structure binding them to the West or to each other.
The Abraham Accords change that math entirely. Once Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, and Turkey are signatories, they aren't just recognizing Israel - they are locking themselves into a collective security posture.
A breach of the Iran deal becomes their problem to call out, not just America's or Israel's. You can't sign a normalization framework and then look the other way when your new partner Israel is threatened by a nuclear Iran. The accords create skin in the game.
If Iran violates the deal, the Gulf states aren't just silent bystanders anymore. They're co-signatories of the broader peace structure. The political cost of looking away just went from zero to enormous.
That's why markets are surging and oil is dropping. The world is pricing in something it hasn't seen in decades, a Middle East where the neighbors themselves have a structural reason to enforce the peace.
Genius.
Well, I won't completely discount the possibility that any of the Arab signatories just might renege on their agreement to the Abraham Accords, sometime in the future - if it suits them - but, I do agree that this is an excellent move by Trump.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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