RE: Biden on punishing MBS and Saudi Arabia
March 23, 2021 at 4:52 pm
(This post was last modified: March 23, 2021 at 4:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
You're reading this entirely wrong Winter. If we don't keep the weapons and money flowing through diplomats and deals, MBS will find his interests damaged - so he did.... ofc, punish mbs...but not to make him do anything that you want, or anything that you would think were good, and not by any way that you would think was good.
The carrot here is that if he straightens up and acts right (which is to say doesn't get caught, at a bare minimum) then he won't suffer these little setbacks in getting his guns and cash. IDK bout you, but I wouldn't want to be a middle eastern dictator with doubts as to whether or not the us sees me as a competent and acceptable authority for regional partnership.
The carrot here is that if he straightens up and acts right (which is to say doesn't get caught, at a bare minimum) then he won't suffer these little setbacks in getting his guns and cash. IDK bout you, but I wouldn't want to be a middle eastern dictator with doubts as to whether or not the us sees me as a competent and acceptable authority for regional partnership.
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