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Still, this is looking like a hell of a lot of leverage that a dem presidency has over a country with leadership that historically loves republicans in office.
by themodelplumber 4y ago
Still, this is looking like a hell of a lot of leverage that a dem presidency has over a country with leadership that historically loves republicans in office.
To think that no one, anywhere in government, (to say nothing of multiple parties in various positions) will make use of this leverage seems a bit strange and goes against the very implications of holding any power at all.
- jhugo 4y agoWhat leverage exactly? Consider a major split between SA and US. Who do you think would come out worse off?
- themodelplumber 4y agoI don't understand the questions. You can't see how knowing of a SA conspiracy against the US is leverage? Edit: Things you could do: - Increase cultural pressure within US SA community - Increase cultural pressure within US arab community - Tell SA you are wondering what Israel thinks about this - Incentivize new cultural narratives (film, books, etc) and redirect special funding to think tanks - Create a long-term partnership coalition - Behind the scenes: Find new weak spots in SA - Behind the scenes: Exploit new weak spots in SA, foment a renewed arab spring, etc. These are just the tip of the iceberg, there must be thousands more. The bad things that would happen as a result: - Reduced SA govt access to power - Reduced SA govt access to needed resources - Reduced SA govt image - Increasing trouble literally anywhere in or with SA.
- jhugo 4y agoIt's only leverage if you can describe the bad thing that would happen to SA if the conspiracy came out. From where I'm standing, the US has more to lose in this situation.
- jhugo 4y agoWhat incentive does the US have to decrease SA power and stability, considering that they one of US's strongest partners in the region? All of the things you list seem like a negative outcome for the US.
- Spooky23 4y agoLook at the hysterics over the current gas crisis. Break it off with the Saudi and you’ll be wistfully looking back at $5 gas. The Saudi regime would have some issues too, but the worse things are for them, the worse it would be for the west.
- themodelplumber 4y agoThis develops an immobilization in which the best choice is suspiciously-often found in accepting whatever comes; it's the prophet's conceit, a non-executive position which seeks to intuit outcomes rather than take risk and develop a smart path forward. In application this psychology is not suitable for the full scope of political decisionmaking. One needs to design a subjective logical system in which the leverage operates. The leverage could be used in thousands of different ways.
- WillPostForFood 4y agoI think that's backwards. This is leverage over Biden. The release is timed to shame the administration for reversing their anti-Saudi policy, just as Biden goes over to make amends and ask for more oil to ease inflation.
- themodelplumber 4y agoEven if that's the case, such a release would be so easy to flip? Just one example: "Look, we all see how 9/11 happened. You want your republican friends to love you again, we all know that. But now it's looking really bad..." ... = more oil concessions from SA that you don't even have to mention back in the US. You could even dump on SA in the press with that leverage.