Posted on 08/19/2013 5:35:44 PM PDT by kristinn
Yes. I believe that is true.
Like I said, Saudi politics is not for the feint of heart. The rationale for this apparent dichotomy may be that the Royals and the Mullah's are supporting different factions. But that's just a guess.
The other possibility is that the Saudis would suffer greatly if there is a major disruption in their ability to supply oil and collect dollars in return. Wars tend to disrupt that sort of thing which is why the Saudis, while being driven by their Wahabbi beliefs, would still favor stability over allegiance to Allah.
“Sorry.... You are wrong.... It’s a bad thing, very bad to send a message to the MB we are defacto supporting them by cutting off aid to the Egyptian military ...let the MB back in power and you will have the next Iran....in five years....”
Aid to Egyptians in order to fight the MB would be like aiding the Syrian rebels in order to fight Assad. There are no angels here so let them fight each other without any of our money.
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