Saudi Arabia: Both the Arsonists and the Firefighters?

[davidbfpo]

A somewhat strange article by RUSI staff, the actual title and sub-title being:

The blame game; Holding Saudi Arabia responsible for Islamist terrorism lets Western governments off the hook

Link:http://www.ips-journal.eu/regions/mi...ame-game-2221/

Two short passages:

Conflating dangers of "radical" ideas with the causes of violent extremism risks ignoring the constellation of structural, individual and environmental factors that include, but are not dictated by, ideology, which are part of the radicalisation process. This has serious implications for counterterrorism efforts.
Scapegoating Saudi Arabia, and Islamic extremism more generally, as the preeminent drivers of terrorism allows Western nations to externalise the problem and avoid any form of societal introspection. That is not to say that Saudi Arabia cannot do more.

On a quick read it is remarkably similar to the previous article.