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I'll just say this: never forget who created the house of Saud in the first place. They were puppets from the start and still are.
by arca_vorago 10y ago
I'll just say this: never forget who created the house of Saud in the first place. They were puppets from the start and still are.
- AlexCoventry 10y agoWho do you have in mind? From a glance at the wikipedia page, the history looks intricate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud
- mk89 10y agoCould you please articulate? I am totally ignorant about it, and after the release of this document, I am getting more curious.
- douche 10y agoIbn Saud essentially came to power as a local strongman, supported by the British, set up in opposition to the Ottoman-supported faction during the First World War. Saud originally controlled the Red Sea bordering portion of Arabia, which was astride the sea route through the Suez to India. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud#Rise_to_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Saud#Rise_to_power
- hx87 10y agoIbn Saud initially controlled the Najd, the central portion of the peninsula. The Hashemites held the Red Sea coast.
- mk89 10y agoThanks a lot! I finally had time to read the article. I always wonder if that was short term thinking, or if nowadays there is still something going on. We all know that empires fall, therefore, it might be that maybe at that time the UK didn't expect Saudi Arabia to become so powerful as it is nowadays. It's like playing monopoly: you help X to destroy Y, which you don't like, but then X becomes so powerful that it starts to be a pain in the ass.
- shitgoose 10y agoit is probably about Zionists ruling the world, who else...