[BenLurkin]

The Middle East is already in turmoil.

The more Muslim Arabs kill Muslim Iranians (and vice versa) and any other Muslims...good.

[Louis Foxwell]

This anti corruption campaign in SA has direct ties to the Democrat party in the US. Soros is a piker by comparison. His millions are nothing compared to the billions invested illegally in the left in the US. Suddenly the spigot is turned off.

[anton]

Doesn’t worry me a bit. Nothing I do will affect the outcome. Hence, acceptance is the answer.

[Beowulf9]

It would be nice if we really could stop depending on oil. If we had the ability to just chuck the oil market and run our products on something else, something WE make and so can say bye bye to these murderous nations.

But how about we produce our own oil again in the interim?

[Robert DeLong]

An interesting read.

[Cen-Tejas]

Mr. Martenson over-states or under-states several BASIC realities to arrive at amazingly erroneous assumptions in his crystal ball thinking.

The biggest one is that all these “so called” deals with China and Russia can, at the drop of the hat, run backwards as fast as forward in the every changing and ever drifting power struggles in Saudi Arabia not to mention China. None of the three will ever make good playground buddies.

Next, neither Russia or China could move a half million troops into Saudi Arabia to save their ass. And, if they did, they likely would never leave.

Mr. Martenson diminishes the role of Saudi Arabia to the thinking of Trumps America (the 60 million that put him in office) regarding 9-11. It IS a BIG deal and will remain a big deal well into the future and it was a colossal blunder on the part of the Saudi Government to buy off the Bush’s and sweep their role (KSA’s princes with the checkbooks) in 9-11 under the rug. KSA should have rounded up the KSA contributors to 9-11 and shot them. If they had, untold millions of Americans would support KSA infinitely more than they do today. Every time I think Saudi Arabia, I think of the guys and gals jumping out of the windows of the WTC !!!

[little jeremiah]

Actually it’s the exact opposite. Saudi Arabia is rooting out corruption that is directly entangled with our own Swamp.

GO GO GO MbS!

[TalBlack]

China, Russia in, USA out. Sure, why not. America is CRAMMED with energy and DJT is president. I’d guess that the Kingdom wants desperately to take down Americas burgeoning energy sector. Maybe they and Russia have a plan...

[bert]

This article is drivel, fake news

[Georgia Girl 2]

What’s going on in SA right now is waaay overdue. Trump reminded King Salaman that the only thing standing between the House of Saud and the Iranian army is the US and Israel. So now all of a sudden they are going back to moderate Islam. Rounding up all the hardliners is cutting off much of the money flow to promote Wahhabi jihad around the world and to the US. Who do you think has been funding all these mega mosques in the US?

[Billthedrill]

China as well is walking a diplomatic tightrope. Its current contracts with Iran run to 625,000 barrels a day as of last January. And while Saudi Arabia has witnessed both U.S. and Russian power projection capabilities in Iraq and Syria, China is yet to demonstrate either capacity or will, especially in view of the certainty that such a demonstration would inherently come at the expense of one trading partner or the other. It's going to be very difficult to keep everyone happy in this menage a trois; in fact, it's impossible, the challenge will be to keep everyone just happy enough.

[Vince Ferrer]

This article is written from the deep state perspective. Our deep state members are almost completely locked out of Saudi Arabian influence now after the purge. But President Trump is not, as he seems to have a very productive relationship with the Crown Prince. They ignored completely President Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia and his reception there, the business that was done there at that time, and the opening of the Saudi anti extremism center.

While things are happening at a lightning pace, so far events are going Trump's way, not the deep state. So we need to plan to hear a lot of whining about policy from think tanks and John McCain as they lose influence.

[Steve Van Doorn]

The Saudi's did hint a few years ago that they already had nuclear weapons.

[Hot Tabasco]

You getting a commission from posting this? I’ve decided to invest in Gold thru Rosland Capital since William Devane told me to.........Sorry but you’re too late to the game.

[huldah1776]

oh, Paddock shooting in Las Vegas was tied to the Saudi civil war...

see photo post #19.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3602405/posts

[huldah1776]

I liked Bannon’s POV...

Bannon: ‘The Middle East Is on a Knife Edge in the Last 48 to 72 Hours
Breitbart ^ | John Hayward
Posted on 11/7/2017, 7:24:51 AM by RoosterRedux

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3602393/posts

[Ronaldus Magnus]

This blog should never have been posted in News.

In addition, the author errs with several key points about the changes in Saudi Arabia:

- A shift away from the US in all respects (politically, financially and militarily
- Deepening ties to China
- A surprising turn towards Russia (economically and militarily)

To the contrary, these changes under Mohammed Bin Salman (who is in his 50's and not 32 as the blog falsely states) are bringing the Saudi Kingdom into greater unity with the United States, and especially with our president. The entire Middle East may be on the cusp of seeing a remarkable (and potentially painful) transformation toward meaningful peace and stability in the coming weeks.

[blu]

Thanks so much for my geopolitical lesson of the day. Too bad I can’t read part 2, but I did read the summary.

[Thud]

The author’s statements about Russia in this article show how terminally clueless he is. Write him off.

[Future Snake Eater]

If The Saudi Arabia Situation Doesn't Worry You, You're Not Paying Attention

It doesn't worry me at all. I'm very encouraged by all the house cleaning.