Beg to differ. Yes, it is the Saudis who are pulling his strings. Half of them, anyway -- the foreign policy half (the native Commies are calling the domestic tune).
But it's not the Saudi government. It's the Saudi moneymen who are bankrolling the Muslim Brotherhood. The Saudi government is antithetical to the MB -- it represents a threat to the royal family.
Yet, in every single action in a Muslim country, Obama has acted to promote the interest of the radical Islamists -- the factions related to the Muslim Brotherhood. Be it Egypt, Syria, Libya, Tunisia, etc., he acts to promote the MB's position.
The Saudi government would never support nor approve of such activity.
Recall, as well, that among his first acts as President was to tacitly support the regime in Iran -- as he steadfastly refused to criticize the mullahs while they were experiencing an insurrection.
And the MB doesn't give a damn about shale oil (though the Saudi government sure as hell does). Obama hasn't yet done anything effective to block it.
Speakin of the House of Saud— which controls the “saudi government” whatever that may be, indeed antithetical to the MB in the long run (and the short one). The moneymen all kow tow to the Saud- who are demonstrably chicken of the radicals and hence pay off the madrassahs and maybe the MB for all we know.Speaking mostly of the ones who live in Geneva.
I see your point on other levels, and interesting.