US President Barack Obama talks with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal. (File photo: Reuters)
The U.S.-Saudi Royal Rumble -- Simon Henderson, Foreign Policy
Seven ways the House of Saud could make things very unpleasant for Washington.
What is happening to the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia? Even after loud complaints from top Saudi officials that the longtime alliance was on the rocks, the response of official Washington, outside the punditocracy, was an almost audible yawn.
President Barack Obama's administration should not be so quick to dismiss the trouble the Saudis could cause for the United States in the Middle East -- or the Saudi royals' determination to cause a shift in U.S. policy. Two articles this month quoted unidentified "European diplomats" who had been briefed by Saudi intelligence maestro Prince Bandar bin Sultan that Riyadh was so upset with Washington that it was undertaking a "major shift" in relations.
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My Comment: The oil weapon will be short term shock that will pass .... having Saudi Arabia obtain nuclear weapons from a country like Pakistan (or having them develop it by themsevles) will be a nightmare that will be with us for a lifetime. My prediction .... they will boost weapon shipments to the Syrian rebels, and they will openly support the military regime in Egypt.
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