https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/...udi-arabia

"...For some Saudi watchers, the purges and the escalating rhetoric are a recipe for disaster. Former senior CIA analyst Bruce Riedel in a recent column warns that the crown prince is taking a dangerous tack. "Arresting and perhaps even killing political opponents is not likely to encourage investors," he wrote in the Daily Beast. "Fanning sectarian violence is bound to fuel turbulence."

Riedel may be correct. But it's also worth considering the old status quo. For decades U.S. governments have asked the Saudis to enter the modern era, to join the West in fully opposing the extremism it helped fund overseas in madrasas and dodgy charities. The Saudis reformed, but the pace of change was slow. Even if his method of reform is a gambit, it shows the next Saudi king is now as impatient as his Western allies."

Personally, I think he needs to move quickly. 50-60% of the population is under 25 and they are underemployed. They could be the next Libya. And with their oil reserves, terrorists running free would be a disaster.

I think they are the biggest risk to world stability after North Korea.

Reform is dangerous for them.

It’s is a historical truth that natural revolutions take place during a general uptick. The truly oppressed are too busy scratching out a living to consider their political options.

Saudi Arabia will be a failed state in my lifetime.

Iran-Saudi war coming up.


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