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If what you say is true (that at least some members of the royal family are moderates who would change things for the better if they could), then it seems to me
by sinxoveretothex 10y ago
If what you say is true (that at least some members of the royal family are moderates who would change things for the better if they could), then it seems to me we should be broadcasting harsh criticism of the current policies to sway more voices rather than talk about how they're not all bad and what not.
- Zenst 10y agoSo the polar opposite to what happens currently then: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/anger-after-saudi-arabia-chosen-to-head-key-un-human-rights-panel-10509716.html http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/anger-after-saudi-ar...
- dogma1138 10y ago"Moderates" as in not going to fund suicide bombings, it doesn't mean they are someone who would you want to have afternoon tea. What people seem not to understand that for the most part moderates in that part of the world as still antithetical to western values; the ones who aren't aren't moderates are extremists just ones who we share values with. Also as mentioned "family" and keeping power is more important to the moderates than pretty much anything else. The House of Saud is huge, where you have 1000's people of the royal family all of which have immense power, wealth and royal privilege you'll have a full spectrum of opinions from princes that get drunk and snort cocaine off the backs of prostitutes in a Macao casino to hard core celerics. But what they all care about the most is to keep their name, title, wealth and power.