Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
by temp8964 on Saturday February 27, 2021 @08:21AM
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What happens after the two revolutions?
Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
by orestarod on Monday March 01, 2021 @05:28PM
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One revolution by radical Islamists a la Iran, one revolution (not necessarily final) of a more "normal" alignment, and any number of revolutions of anything in between.
Re:US says Saudi prince approved Khashoggi killing
by dragonwriter on Saturday February 27, 2021 @12:32PM
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That's a very good question; there's a reason I said “at least” and not “exactly”.
But that's true only because the royal family has (1) fostered the strength of radical Islam directly by allying with radical Islamists to justify their power, and (2) made such a hash of things that any opposition (which, as a direct consequence of their promotion of radical Islam, comes largely from slightly divergent radical Islamists) seems preferable to a large portion of the population.
As a result, SA is at least two revolutions away from having a decent government, and the royal family benefits from the fear the West has of the likely course of the first of those.