us-saudi arabia relations

Did the US-Saudi "special relationship" make it easier for AQ to pull off 9/11? You could also add the US (and Saudi) relationship with Pakistan in the 90s - specifically in regard to the Taliban and their tolerance for/support of Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden's presence in the country.

Saudi Arabia issued an unusually strong rebuke of the U.S. Senate on Monday, rejecting a bipartisan resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on the Saudi crown prince and describing it as interference in the kingdom’s affairs “The kingdom...

In his statement to CNN, Lindsey Graham said something truly revealing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_yROrhwPTY (around 0:40) Talking about Pompeo and Mattis refusing to admit that there is overwhelming evidence putting MBS in charge of the Murder of Jamal Khashoggi, Graham said that if a...

Looking like a one man coup at the moment. Since this is Monarchy and not a democracy there is no real way to take control other than becoming the king. Effectively it was a tribal collective of the original king. No more...

So this just happened. Its kicking off a wee bit http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/uae-and-saudi-arabia-cut-ties-with-qatar--live-updates

There is a documentary from the BBC by Adam Curtis http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02gyz6b/adam-curtis-bitter-lake which claims that during the Quincy Agreement (on Bitter Lake), the US was given access to Saudi Oil on the agreement that the then King/Sheik, and I presume successor...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110305/ts_nm/us_saudi_protests and Americans will continue to say "YES" to Saudi oil. soo much for our commitment to democracy, freedom, and liberty.