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As someone with limited foreign policy knowledge, don't we want a Saudi collapse? Wahhabism was state-sponsored by the Saudis, the underlying extremist religiou
by acconrad 10y ago
As someone with limited foreign policy knowledge, don't we want a Saudi collapse? Wahhabism was state-sponsored by the Saudis, the underlying extremist religious movement behind Al-Qaeda and ISIS. So it seems to me that the Saudi regime is something we would all really want to go away.
I also found it kind of ridiculous that the author mentioned the Obama administration's decision to leave the area as a cause for destabilization. What the hell does the world want us to do? If we police everything, we get the reputation we've earned of being Big Brother/Big Bully. If we take a more laissez faire approach, now the world thinks we aren't doing enough to help? We're damned if we do, damned if we don't.
- basch 10y agohttp://www.mintpressnews.com/MyMPN/the-myth-of-bitter-lake-why-the-british-empire-foisted-saudi-arabia-on-the-u-s/ http://www.mintpressnews.com/MyMPN/the-myth-of-bitter-lake-w... the more accepted narrative - https://www.e-education.psu.edu/egee120/node/241 https://www.e-education.psu.edu/egee120/node/241
- oxide 10y agoAFAIK, Saudis are a key ally in the region which is why we turn blind eyes to Riydah. So, no, the US wants the current regime to stay and keep the status quo. Losing the current regime could be bad news. Who's to say who and what fills the vacuum? Better to keep the current regime propped up than roll the dice and possibly lose. There are no bones about the Saudis being every bit as undesirable a regime as some others.