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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Saudi is not a US ally, it's royal family likes our money but the country is the birthplace of Islamic extremism, the average Saudi hates everything the west stands for, Jordan and Egypt are not much better, given the relative instability of all of these countries they are just as likely to be implacable enemies in a few months time.
You make a huge mistake thinking the thugs in charge of a country are either telling the truth or represent their people.
As long as we can blow them to hell or buy their oil they will acquiesce but that doesn't mean they like us.
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Fair enough.
It's a question of how you define an "ally" really. And the Saudi's loyalty to the States lasts only as long as the US gives them massive amounts of weapons and money.
My point still stands though. US policy really has nothing to do with the ongoing motivation for this stuff. We're talking about people killing their own neighbours for no other reason than they believe in a different religion. Christian Iraqis suffered in the US invasion just as much as their muslim neighbours.
The Saudi policy of funding extremists and setting up Sunni states has been ongoing for many decades. The only thing that will change it is when these groups begin to turn on the Saudis themselves.