Bottom line - they buy lots of guns from the US. This is the real reason. Lockheed Martin’s profit margins would decrease by a significant amount if our relationship with SA changed at all.
Per the article, they started to change policy a bit after some of the groups they were sponsoring started attacking the monarchy:
Astonishingly, the attacks of 9/11 had little effect on the Saudi approach to religious extremism, as diplomats and intelligence officials have attested. What finally changed royal minds was the experience of suffering an attack on Saudi soil. In May 2003, gunmen and suicide bombers struck three residential compounds in Riyadh, killing 39 people. The authorities attributed the attacks to al-Qaeda, and cooperation with the U.S. improved quickly and dramatically.
President Musk will demand tributes! Because that reality we can all understand easily. The whole petro-dollar hegemony thing is a little complex for a tweet. Not that anyone who understands it thinks it’s good.
But we have to keep them as a close ally no matter what, right? There is no low Saudi Arabia can’t sink to.
Similar to Israel.
They’ll only become more desperate as the world reduces fossil fuel dependence.
Bottom line - they buy lots of guns from the US. This is the real reason. Lockheed Martin’s profit margins would decrease by a significant amount if our relationship with SA changed at all.
Not just Lockheed but all of the big defense contractors.
Per the article, they started to change policy a bit after some of the groups they were sponsoring started attacking the monarchy:
And they murdered Kashoggi in what year?
The response to that was to invite them to invest in a whole bunch of tech startups
Right. We reward them no matter what they do.
Only 39 people? That’s like, one month’s worth of mass shootings in the US /s
His name was Jamal Khashoggi.
Never forget.
Cut 'em loose. Fuck 'em both.
If only…
President Musk will demand tributes! Because that reality we can all understand easily. The whole petro-dollar hegemony thing is a little complex for a tweet. Not that anyone who understands it thinks it’s good.
This. Fuck the Saudis and the Isrealis.
Like how they invited Putin during the COP28 conference without telling anyone?
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/6/putin-makes-rare-trip-to-middle-east-to-meet-with-uae-and-saudi-leaders
What’s a bone saw or terrorist attack or two between such good friends.
“But for three shining decades, war profits were never higher.”