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  1. AQ leverages a good deal more than conditions of...

    AQ leverages a good deal more than conditions of insurgency. AQ plays on a huge and widespread generic resentment of "the West" that runs back to the colonial period and beyond; what Bernard Lewis...
  2. Is AQ helping "elements of the Saudi populace",...

    Is AQ helping "elements of the Saudi populace", or is it the other way around? AQ has traditionally drawn support from the Saudi populace when it has taken the role of resistance to foreign...
  3. The comparison with the Shah of Iran is I think a...

    The comparison with the Shah of Iran is I think a bit strained. To an American it seems absurd and incomprehensible, but throughout the Gulf, even when there's criticism of a monarch, there's...
  4. The issue between the Saudis and the Iranians is...

    The issue between the Saudis and the Iranians is not just about Wahhabi vs Shi'a, it's about two regional powers glaring at each other across a whole lot of a very valuable resource. It is our...
  5. Have we ever preserved the Saud family in the...

    Have we ever preserved the Saud family in the face of a domestic threat? The hypothesis that American support has allowed the Saudis to avoid evolutionary changes that would have been necessary...
  6. All very well said, but the truth is that they...

    All very well said, but the truth is that they don't care what you think, they don't care what I think, and they don't care what the US Government thinks. We saw that in Bahrain, and we'll see it...
  7. I'm aware of that opinion, but I'm not convinced...

    I'm aware of that opinion, but I'm not convinced that it's fully supportable. AQ has tried to tap into internal resentment. They've also tried, much more successfully, to tap into a widespread and...
  8. Alliance isn't only a function of common values. ...

    Alliance isn't only a function of common values. Common interests come into it as well, and those with whom we have interests in common aren't necessarily progressive. Those alliances - like all...
  9. US policy toward Saudi Arabia: does it need to change, and if so how?

    This issue has come up on a number of threads where it was peripheral; I though it deserved its own discussion.

    One view that’s been proposed is that Saudi Arabia is a central front in the GWOT. ...
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