" If it was Obamas and it stunk why didn't he just abandon the arms deal like the TPP? "
Name one American administration that followed the previous Administrations policy in relation to the middle east?
The inability of either the poms the french or the yanks to stick to a consistent policy involving the middle east is the overarching problem in the middles east,not withstanding the " local combatants ".
“You can’t make war . . . without Egypt and you can’t make peace without Syria.”