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Originally Posted by pan6467
The royal family of Saud is a very nasty dictatorial family that has no respect for human rights. they are not the beloved leader family the press and our government make them out to be.
If we weren't there protecting them I think the Saud family would be close to having a Shah of Iran type revolution happen. I truly do not believe the Saud family would find a Democracy in their neighbor Iraq beneficial to them. So I don't think they're going to work to hard to stop any insurgencies.
But what do I know.
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Oh no doubts about that, I personally think more pressure on the Saudis would definitely yield more positive results in the longterm. However, when a nation's got us by the balls like that, kind of similar to our relationship with China (they own 10% of our national debt). But we've only got a few options, dip into our oil reserve, drill in ANWR or wait for more alternative fuels. So there are few roads out of that situation that we've put ourselves in. But I was talking more about how a few on the thread were implying that
every Saudi citizen is an enemy of the U.S. Like I said, I wish we could put more pressure on the Saudis, but if wishes were fishes, oh how full the sea would be.