>Yes, the combined "completely ignorant" intelligence services of every western nation in the world should turn to ycombinator, where you'll enlighten us all to

>Yes, the combined "completely ignorant" intelligence services of every western nation in the world should turn to ycombinator, where you'll enlighten us all to how it really works. You do realize that just because you remain ignorant of facts, that not everyone else shares in that with you? Nothing I said is actually controversial or even new, and funnily enough, policymakers and intelligence services understand this dynamic as well - I'm not sure why you're attempting to generalize your ignorance to a larger audience. But since you've asked for sources, here are some quick ones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/world/middleeast/26saudi.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/26/world/middleeast/26saudi.h... In the future, it'll probably be more helpful for you to think of Saudi Arabia as not another sunni gulf state, but as the caretaker of the most sacred site in Islam, Mecca. Once you understand the centrality of Mecca's importance, you can see why the Ulema have such power in the country and why Western attempts to break their power directly will most likely be framed as an existential threat to Islam and beg severe blowback. Again, there are uneducated critics who are completely ignorant of the regimes attempts to break the power of the religious fundamentalists, and somehow believe weakening the monarchy will somehow pacificy the country, instead of handing over more power to extremists. Those people should be ignored because their ideas are terrible.