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Published 8 years ago by hxxp with 2 Comments
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Preparing for the Collapse of the Saudi Kingdom

For half a century, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has been the linchpin of U.S. Mideast policy. A guaranteed supply of oil has bought a guaranteed supply of security. Ignoring autocratic practices and the export of Wahhabi extremism, Washington stubbornly dubs its ally “moderate.” So tight is the trust that U.S. special operators dip into Saudi petrodollars as a counterterrorism slush fund without a second thought.

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  • sashinator
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    Saudi Arabia is no state at all. There are two ways to describe it: as a political enterprise with a clever but ultimately unsustainable business model, or as an entity so corrupt as to resemble a vertically and horizontally integrated criminal organization. Either way, it can’t last. It’s past time U.S. decision-makers began planning for the collapse of the Saudi kingdom.

    Whoa... that will have some violent repercussions...

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    • leweb
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      Except the US government is also an entity so corrupt as to resemble a criminal organization. The stay in equilibrium thanks to a combination of common economic/criminal goals and knowing enough dirty stuff about one another.

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