(November 19, 2017 at 12:32 pm)Crossless2.0 Wrote: Somehow, I doubt any of this would be happening if Saudi oil exports weren't (relatively) in the toilet. It's a shame they never thought to offer the world anything but crude and terrorist ideology. As for them pivoting toward anything resembling a Western-style open society with liberal institutions -- forget it. This is a conflict at the highest levels of Saudi society and government. The leaders there don't give two shits about the average Saudi little guy, any more than our government cares about them.
I agree. Their economical crisis got them on all fours. All the chaos happening now is similar to a drowning man's last attempts to escape. The problem is: without oil, Wahhabi theocracy, and unity within the royal family, their kingdom can never hold tight. The change to secularism is too late
