West finally needs to admit all radical roads lead back to Saudi Arabia

[barryqwalsh]

If you talk to Muslims, particularly older ones, they will tell you that this process of radicalisation is relatively new. It is the product of the past 30 or 40 years. If this is the case, what has happened? What has happened is that after the revolution in Iran in 1979, the West decided that Iran was the enemy and that our new best friend, Saudi Arabia could do no wrong. Saudi Arabia was the strong counterbalance to Iran in the Middle East and, therefore, anything it did was sanctioned.


David McWilliams: West finally needs to admit all radical roads lead back to Saudi Arabia - Independent.ie