> However, there are good things going on in Saudi Arabia right now... What is not given prominent coverage at the moment is MbS is the latest in the House of

> However, there are good things going on in Saudi Arabia right now... What is not given prominent coverage at the moment is MbS is the latest in the House of Saud attempting to prune back the Wahhabist power base [1]. There are whispers that Jamal Kashoggi might possibly be nefariously related to 9/11, and is at the least a "person of interest" [2]. It is extremely unlikely we will ever know the realpolitik behind-the-scenes story now, and going back to status quo ante becomes increasingly possible for the KSA the more days this drags on (it would be interesting to find out if the KSA has procured crisis management and/or PR expertise for this incident). [1] https://www.albawaba.com/news/saudi-arabia-turning-against-wahhabism-1114788 https://www.albawaba.com/news/saudi-arabia-turning-against-w... [2] https://washingtonsblog.com/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-where-the-road-to-damascus-the-path-to-9-11-converge.html https://washingtonsblog.com/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-where-th...