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Could you please articulate? I am totally ignorant about it, and after the release of this document, I am getting more curious.

• douche 10y ago
  Ibn 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 ago
    Ibn Saud initially controlled the Najd, the central portion of the peninsula. The Hashemites held the Red Sea coast.
  • mk89 10y ago
    Thanks 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 ago
  it is probably about Zionists ruling the world, who else...