"King Abdullah talked with Obama about the situation in Egypt over the phone yesterday. Obama and the King got into a heated debate about their opinions of what Hosni Mubarak should do."Laughable Obamaganda! Like Obama is not owned.
"King Abdullah talked with Obama about the situation in Egypt over the phone yesterday. Obama and the King got into a heated debate about their opinions of what Hosni Mubarak should do."Laughable Obamaganda! Like Obama is not owned.
Obama is definitely owned by the Saudis - after all, they paid for his election fair and square - but remember that the Saudis themselves are subject to a fair amount of pressure from even more radical Islamists and, despite their title as keeper of their Muslim “holy places,” they fear being overthrown, too.
Obama, on the other hand, sees radical Islam as his pathway to power, and I think he actually finds the Saudis too tame. They believe in an hereditary Islamic dictatorship, controlling all the resources of the ME, managed by them and benefitting them personally.
I think Obama wants something that will benefit him, and he has decided that the Saudis are no longer where the most advantage lies.
That said, if Abdullah actually has died, this could add yet another dangerous factor to the things going on now. Because of his age and illness (I think he was recently treated for cancer), I’m not sure how active he was, so maybe it doesn’t really matter. On the other hand, I don’t know which son is supposed to succeed him and what his outlook might be.