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The article below examines the ever greater self-inflicted difficulties the Saudi butcher Crown Prince MBS faces, given that now his most loyal U.S. backer Donald Trump has been voted out of office. Saudi state oil finances are in a tailspin, its real income and influence now trailing other competing Gulf Oil Kingdoms. Nevertheless, incredible financial resources remain monopolized in the corrupt and bloody hands of MBS, much of it finding its way into bribing U.S. and British politicians, influencing Western bankers and investors, and of course winning loyalty from American Military Industrial companies. The Crown Prince has looted the bank accounts of innumerable once untouchable princes of the Saudi ruling family, making him ever more hated and dependent on his personal security apparatus, whose willingness to butcher opponents is well known.
A radical reorientation of U.S. policy in the Middle East will require the removal of the Crown Prince, but it is very unlikely that a Biden Administration will be willing to chance an open break with the Royal Family. The Saudi Crown Prince’s nightmare scenario is playing out, however. This short excerpted article only hints at the depth of the complex political power crisis now unfolding in Saudi-U.S. relations:
Saudi Arabia fails to respond to news of Biden victory
Riyadh instead offers congratulations to Tanzania and Cambodia over developments in their countries
“Saudi Arabia was the only Gulf nation not to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory over Donald Trump in the US presidential elections, choosing instead to offer congratulations to the king of Cambodia and the Tanzanian president...
“A number of Arab countries, including the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait, in addition to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and others, had already offered their congratulations to Biden.
“CNN contacted the Saudi government for comment, but had received no reply at the time of writing on Sunday morning.
“Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's close personal ties with Trump had provided a vital buffer against a tide of international criticism over Riyadh's rights record, sparked by the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom's role in Yemen's war and the detention of women activists....”
US Elections 2020: Saudi Arabia fails to respond to news of Biden victory
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Saudi Arabia’s Worst Nightmare
US election: Mohammed bin Salman braces for the loss of a key ally
Earlier comments of mine on Saudi Arabia:
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Saudi Arabia’s Fatal Mistake
A radical reorientation of U.S. policy in the Middle East will require the removal of the Crown Prince, but it is very unlikely that a Biden Administration will be willing to chance an open break with the Royal Family. The Saudi Crown Prince’s nightmare scenario is playing out, however. This short excerpted article only hints at the depth of the complex political power crisis now unfolding in Saudi-U.S. relations:
Saudi Arabia fails to respond to news of Biden victory
Riyadh instead offers congratulations to Tanzania and Cambodia over developments in their countries
“Saudi Arabia was the only Gulf nation not to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory over Donald Trump in the US presidential elections, choosing instead to offer congratulations to the king of Cambodia and the Tanzanian president...
“A number of Arab countries, including the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait, in addition to Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and others, had already offered their congratulations to Biden.
“CNN contacted the Saudi government for comment, but had received no reply at the time of writing on Sunday morning.
“Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's close personal ties with Trump had provided a vital buffer against a tide of international criticism over Riyadh's rights record, sparked by the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the kingdom's role in Yemen's war and the detention of women activists....”
US Elections 2020: Saudi Arabia fails to respond to news of Biden victory
Other worthwhile articles here:
Saudi Arabia’s Worst Nightmare
US election: Mohammed bin Salman braces for the loss of a key ally
Earlier comments of mine on Saudi Arabia:
Two Years After Khashoggi’s Murder, Why is America Still An Accomplice to MBS’s Crimes?
For the next two weeks President Trump will probably not be feeling well enough to do any saber rattling with his Saudi allies against Iran... See: So Biden becomes president and Iran starts saber rattling....Joes response is? But not to worry. Our Commander-in-Chief has already approved the...
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Saudi Arabia’s Fatal Mistake
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