Originally posted by marg6043
Interesting but is also a lot of business deals going on between the Arab Kingdom and the US going on right now.

Business deals are done with the royal family.
The royals on the other hand have a tenuous grip on power over their people. The people are kept in check by the clerics who can cause a lot of
trouble for the rulers if they choose.
The House of Saud is stuck between the proverbial rock and a hard place on this issue.
An old agreement stipulates that the US will give the House of Saud military protection in exchange for Arabia being to keystone country in the
petrodollar game.
The population went along with it because of the riches it brought to the kingdom but as economic times get tougher that passivity on the part of the
populace is threatened.
This is the trump card that the clerics are playing with at the moment.
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