Posted on 02/06/2018 8:21:12 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Saudi Arabia's Google talks prove Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is the most powerful leader in the Middle East
Google and Amazon are reportedly in advanced talks with Saudi Arabia to build a tech hub in that country.
This is the result of seven months of swift reforms in Saudi Arabia that began under Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.
It's not only proof that bin Salman's reforms have worked, but also that he is now the most powerful man in the entire Middle East.
Jake Novak | @jakejakeny
Published 4:09 PM ET Thu, 1 Feb 2018 Updated 5:14 PM ET Thu, 1 Feb 2018
Reports surfaced Thursday that Saudi Aramco, the world's largest energy company, and Google parent Alphabet have reportedly entered discussions to create a technology hub in Saudi Arabia.
This news is the latest and perhaps the most solid evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is not only the most powerful man in Saudi Arabia, and not only the most powerful leader in Sunni Islam, he is now clearly the most powerful man in the entire Middle East.
That's because he's not only gained more control over his own country but doing so has made Saudi Arabia more powerful both politically and financially.
It's been just seven months since his reportedly ailing father King Salman effectively handed control of the country to him by naming him crown prince. Since then, the 32-year-old bin Salman has run full speed with his three-part plan to strengthen the country. Part one was shoring up Saudi defenses against Iran, which he accomplished in many ways but most notably by entering into a more solid partnership with Israel.
Step two was a major series of cultural reforms that included purging anti-American and anti-Jewish clerics and granting more rights for women.
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If Saudi Arabia wants a huuge tech sector, let Western tech people know that, under Saudi law men will not be screwed in divorce court, and no sexual harassment lawsuits. Then import some hot women from economically distressed regions.
If I was Bin Salman I would have everyone body searched that wanted to see him, I think now is a target for the Shi’ites.
Not Just Them...There Is Also The Religious Establishment. I try to follow this stuff, believe me They Are Not Happy Campers.
Quite the contrary; if Google’s going there it’s to pervert the social revolution Salman has started into another arm of the SJW-globalist-infostate.
The Saudis are just a part, of course a key part, of a new alliance led by Trump with the Saudis, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel is the obvious close partnership. But most of the Sunni world is also in the alliance in an attempt to stop both Iran, Shia, Alewaite, and ISIS/AlKaeda/ Brotherhood/ Hamas type extremism.
This guy will be the one that brings the Arab world to the 21st century.
He’s going to be the most consequential leader in that part of the world since Turkey’s Ataturk. We should root for his success.
I agree.
He needs a strong military. He needs to follow the path of The Shah of Iran. The Shah was pro-western, the 900# military gorilla in the ME and secular compliant.
Admittedly, the Shah was ruthless, but the Ayatollah was also.
I used to wish for the day the House of Saud had to roam from oasis to oasis to feed their family, but have softened since MbS has taken charge. Certainly wouldn’t trust the Saud regime on my 180.
I agree.
Thanks TigerLikesRooster.
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Maybe the most powerful leader on the Arabian Peninsula.
Thanks TigerLikesRooster.
Reports surfaced Thursday that Saudi Aramco, the world's largest energy company, and Google parent Alphabet have... entered discussions to create a technology hub in Saudi Arabia... the latest and perhaps the most solid evidence that Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman is not only the most powerful man in Saudi Arabia, and not only the most powerful leader in Sunni Islam, he is now clearly the most powerful man in the entire Middle East... It's been just seven months since... the 32-year-old bin Salman has run full speed with his three-part plan to strengthen the country. Part one was shoring up Saudi defenses against Iran, which he accomplished in many ways but most notably by entering into a more solid partnership with Israel. Step two was a major series of cultural reforms that included purging anti-American and anti-Jewish clerics and granting more rights for women.
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