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blankall · 11-09-2017, 02:44 PM

I wonder if the Saudis feel as secure in their relationship with the USA as the Ayatollahs/Assad do with Russia. In the event of a popular uprising in the KSA, my guess is that the USA may try to displace the Saudi monarchy with their own puppets. Meanwhile Russia has already shown that it will fight to keep Assad in power.

This seems like a very sudden turn on the Sunni militants, which the Saudis had previously backed.

11-09-2017, 02:44 PM	#17
blankall Ate 100 Treadmills Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	I wonder if the Saudis feel as secure in their relationship with the USA as the Ayatollahs/Assad do with Russia. In the event of a popular uprising in the KSA, my guess is that the USA may try to displace the Saudi monarchy with their own puppets. Meanwhile Russia has already shown that it will fight to keep Assad in power. This seems like a very sudden turn on the Sunni militants, which the Saudis had previously backed.