Has anyone figured out why the saudi royals are backing the mb? I’m at a loss to explain.
You’re absolutely right! The Saudi royals deadly enemies are el Qaeda, MB and others.
The only explanation is “religious preference!”
- they hate Assad who is an Alwite, a small sect of Shi’a. This is why he’s supported by Iran and Hizbollah who are Shi’a
- the only way to get rid of the Shi’a in the Arab countries and cut Iran off is to support the only very violent fringe of Sunnis against them. Note that the al Qaeda and Sunnis “Free Army” are bombing Shi’a mosques in Lebanon!
- in Egypt there was an uproar weeks before removing Morsi when MB “dragged” and murdered 4 Shiites in a suburb of Cairo, precisely because of the Sunni vs. Shi’a thingy. So, in Egypt, it’s a win win situation for the Saudis to support the military and a secular government that will end the MB internationally and that’s not in doubt no matter how long it takes.
BTW, trust the Brits to know all of the above; they mapped the ME problems themselves to make sure no ME country or any “Arab” unity is ever achieved.
Example: Saddam’s screamed that Kuwait is the 19 th province of Iraq; he was right! The Brits cut off a peace of Iraq from the predominately Shiite Iraq, especially in the southern part and put Sunnis in charge!
.....and, the rest is history.
The Saudis want to build and control an oil and natural gas pipeline through Syria to supply Europe and Turkey.
Assad will not allow this because his Russian Allies depend upon Russian natural gas sales to Europe to float their economy.
If Russia loses the European gas market the Russian economy will implode and the Russians will lose a lot of clout in the world economically and politically.
The MB (and our President ) is helping the Saudis and other Arab oil states overthrow Assad so the Arabs can build the pipeline.
The Russians simply cannot allow this and will go to war to stop the MB.