Former Marine Corps intelligence officer, Scott Ritter warns in The American Conservative that if Houthi rebels can fire missiles into Saudi Arabia at will, despite the Saudis’ sophisticated weaponry, any conflict with a more advanced nation such as Russia, China, Iran, or even North Korea would see mobile ballistic missiles in service throughout the hostilities. […]
Tom Friedman Regurgitates Saudi Propaganda Wholesale
At The American Conservative, Daniel Larison calls out New York Times columnist Tom Friedman for blindly regurgitating the talking points of Mohammed bin Salman—the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia—whom Friedman recently interviewed. Larison is incensed by Friedman’s ability to ignore the atrocities being perpetrated by the Saudis and their allies in Yemen, while he puffs […]
Will Mohammad bin Salman Be Forced into War with Iran?
This is the second part of my feature on Michael Scheuer’s post, On natural rights, Saudi Arabia, and John McCain. Scheuer is the former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, and believes that the recent actions taken by Mohammad bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, are setting him up for an inevitable war with Iran. […]
‘Complicated’ U.S. Relationship with Saudi Arabia Has Lead to Spread of Radical Islamic Thought
In The American Conservative, Daniel Lazare explains the complicated relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and how that relationship has worked to foster the expansion of radical Islam across the Muslim world. He writes: Chatting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November 2016, Barack Obama mentioned […]
This Senator Finally Gets it Right on Saudi Arabia
It’s not often you see a senator, or any politician for that matter, willing to break the unwritten Washington D.C. rule banning criticism of Saudi Arabia, but one courageous senator just did. After the Saudis condemned Qatar for supporting terrorism, Sen. Bob Corker and a few other brave politicians have pointed out just how much […]
WATCH: Sen. Rand Paul Slams Saudi Arms Deals
America’s seemingly unlimited allegiance to Saudi Arabia doesn’t make sense today, and probably never has. Given the Saudi’s support for ISIS, Sen. Rand Paul asks who in their right mind would sell the Saudis weapons?
Why Does the West Continue to Coddle the Saudis?
I have been regularly critical of America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia(see: Cut Off Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, A Tragic Display on Trump’s Saudi Trip, and The International Lunacy of Financing Saudi Arabia for a sample). Despite obvious conflicting interests, America and the West have maintained strong relationships with the Saudis. It’s a mystery as to why the […]
What is Wahhabism? And Why it Should Terrify You
PBS has collected interviews from various experts on Islam about the fundamentalist sect, Wahhabism, popular in Saudi Arabia. The descriptions of Wahhabism are terrifying in their implications. When Ali Al-Ahmed, a Shia and executive director of the Saudi Institute was asked to describe Wahhabism, here’s what he said, with my emphasis in bold: The religious […]
A Tragic Display on Trump’s Saudi Trip
Daniel Larison calls Donald Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia “excessive fawning and stroking of the client’s [Saudi’s] ego that creates the false impression that we need them far more than they need us.” Barack Obama may have bowed to the Saudis, but Larison doesn’t find Trump’s display to have been any better. He writes at […]
Taki Takes On the Saudis and Qatar
Originally posted January 8, 2016. Taki Theodoracopulos takes on the Saudis and Qatar, writing: And as no one can forget, 16 of the 9/11 hijackers were Saudis, and the first act by the Bush-Cheney gang was to ensure all Saudi “royals” were flown out safely back to their desert craphole and far away from any Congressional […]