A Narcissistic US, An Anxious Saudi Arabia And A Hysterical Israel

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.