Gulf States Rejecting Iran War

Could it be that the Bush/Cheney/Gates/neocon intensity to go after Iran has run out of steam? From the point of view of the Gulf States it has.

Why U.S. strategy on Iran is crumbling

But as Saudi analyst Khalid al-Dakheel argues, they (the Gulf Cooperation Council) are no longer content sitting passively beneath the US security umbrella and want to avoid being a pawn in the US-Iranian struggle for power. Flush with cash, they are not interested in a war that would mess up business.

The NIE helped trigger the thaw by convincing Arabs that a US-led war against Iran had become much less likely. But it has long been clear that most Gulf rulers have no appetite for a war that would disrupt their economic boom and put them at the most risk. The Gulf media today speaks more of avoiding war than of fomenting it.