My latest in PJ Media: Saudi Arabia can hardly be classified as a totally reliable ally of the United States, particularly given lingering questions about the extent of its involvement at the highest levels in the 9/11 jihad attacks. However, it is a notable bulwark against Iran in the region, and so many on both sides […]
Saudi Prince Turki Al-Faisal Behaving Badly In Manama
The “Manama Dialogue,” just held in Bahrain’s capital, each year brings together political and military leaders from around the world to discuss security issues involving the Middle East. Ordinarily the atmospherics of these meetings is polite; if there are differences, they are expressed in I-beg-to-differ fashion; the expression of real animus is to be left […]
Saudi prince claims that Israel puts ‘Palestinians’ in concentrations camps and ‘assassinates whomever they want’
If Trump had remained president, we might have seen a peace accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Instead, this, because the Saudis know which way the wind is blowing. “Saudi prince strongly criticizes Israel at Bahrain summit,” by Jon Gambrell and Aya Batrawy, AP, December 6, 2020: DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — (AP) — A […]
Curb Your Enthusiasm: Saudi Arabia Wants Israel to Pay an ‘Expensive Price’
The enthusiasm in Israel for the normalization agreement with the UAE has caused some to lose their heads. The Jerusalem Post published an editorial on August 19 claiming that there was no reason for Israel to worry about the proposed sale by the U.S. to the UAE of the top-of-the-line Stealth fighter jet, the F-35, […]
Saudi Arabia caught funding Taliban in Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia is not a genuine ally of the United States. It is a chief financier of the global jihad. This is not a matter of the US/Saudi alliance needing to be “repaired.” There is no actual alliance in the first place. “Saudi Arabia Caught Red-Handed Funding US Enemies In Afghanistan,” by Saagar Enjeti, Daily […]
Prince Turki: Saudis will get nukes if Iranians do
What could possibly go wrong? Obama assures us his nuke deal with Iran will bring peace in our time, and he couldn’t possibly be misleading us, could he? “Former Israeli, Saudi Arabian officials talk Iran nuclear threat at DC event,” Jerusalem Post, May 7, 2016 (thanks to Lookmann): The old adage proclaiming that the “enemy […]