Some people think Saudi Arabia would be so much
better if its government were to fall.
Wait until they get a load of the Wahabbi Sect that is the
majority in Saudi Arabia.
The king pretty much kept them in check. Sadly you can’t
keep everyone in check.
Live and learn folks. These guys even hate other Islamic
sects for not following the Koran rigidly enough.
If they get control, Guys like Osama Bin Ladin won’t just
be Saudi rogues, they’ll be filling the government positions.
Chalk up one more very rigid Caliphate that would make Iran
and now Afghanistan look tame.
Spent 5 years in the Kingdom. You are correct that we have very important strategic interests there. Saudis have the world’s largest supply of exportable oil. And the House of Saud has been helpful to us in ways the general public is unaware of.
Biden has been holding up arms sales to the Saudis. Big mistake. They will just buy what they need from the French, UK, China, Russia, etc. We should help the Saudis in their conflict with Yemen, which is being used as a surrogate by Iran.
Iran could be pressuring Biden to pull back from the Saudis in return for renewing the Iran deal. Wendy Sherman gave us the bad deals in North Korea and Iran and she played a role in the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Wait until they get a load of the Wahabbi Sect that is the
majority in Saudi Arabia.
The king pretty much kept them in check. Sadly you can’t
keep everyone in check.”
Yup. Wahabbis are head choppers, fundies, Muslim Brotherhood. The royal family made a truce with them decades ago. Leave the royals alone, and they’ll let the Wahabis do their thing.
Wahqbis are the ones who supported the 911 guys here. Mueller shut down the investigation into them, let them all leave country quick.
MBS is against them. He’s the good guy (yeah, I know) there.
Maybe the ChiComs want control of the Gulf.