http://www.eurasiareview.com/02122013-narcissistic-us-anxious-saudi-arabia-hysterical-israel-oped/
This is an opinion piece that I found on the eurasia review website. Pretty much, the author of the article relates the US, Saudi, and Israel to mental patients, ie. diagnosing each country with a psychological disorder. It's actually kind of funny, and makes you think about each country's role a little bit differently. The article personalizes the countries, making them human and relatable.
The US is diagnosed as a narcissist. Everything that the United States does is for power and control. It's all about their ego, whether it's a positive or negative decision. The US wants economic and military power over the rest of the world, another trait of narcissism and being power hungry. In addition, like a narcissist, the US gets easily bored with what they have, taking it for granted, and then finding another issue to concentrate on or another area to control or destroy.
Saudi has abandonment issues and an anxiety disorder. They are constantly worried about being dropped by the US as an ally and that the US will one day soon make amends with Iran and make them their strongest ally in the Middle East. This paranoia that Saudi has stems from the US narcissism, wherein the US is regularly lying and keeping things from the Saudi's. These fears of abandonment will manifest themselves in self-injury, which the Saudi's showed by not accepting a seat in the UN security council, basically throwing a tantrum.
Israel is hysterical. They are taking the Iran negotiations really hard and truly to heart. They are known to react emotionally to most situations, and this one is no different. They believe that their relationships with other countries, such as the US, are extremely intimate. Therefore, they feel like they have been betrayed by the interim deal. They feel highly threatened by an Iran nuclear program and continue to speak out against it in all forms of media, even going as far as asking American Jews to oppose their government for it's decisions.
This article is very funny and interesting and made me think about the issue on a different level. You can defiantly tell that the author is biased right from the get go with referring to the "West’s psychopathologizsing gaze". However, it is a nice refreshing read and does raise some funny and valid points. It would have been nice if the author showed reasoning for saying that the Syrian government has been pathologised as delusional and detached from reality, and that Iran is classified as irrational and suffering from Anti-Social Personality disorder. Also it would have been entertaining and informative if the author explained how all five of these nations (with their diagnosis) affect each other (with regards to their diagnosis).
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