The Saudis along with other Sunni Gulf states are heavily subsidizing Egypt. Without those subsidies the price of food and other necessities would skyrocket and Egypt would become ungovernable. The Saudis want Sunni Egypt to be a client state with its paid army at its rear. The Saudi royal family is terrified of Shi’ite Iran. The mullahs hit a very sensitive nerve when they preach that the decadent Saudi royals are not fit custodians of Islam’s most holy sites.It is common knowledge that while the Saudi royals publicly portray themselves as devout Muslims and use Sharia law to control the population, their behavior in private and abroad is less than sterling. The fundamentalist Wahhabi within Saudi Arabia have made the same comments. Currently they have been bought off by allowing them to function openly and with funding. However these Sunni fundamentalists are also a threat to the Saudi royals. The worst scenario would be radical Shi’ite fundamentalists controlling Iran and Sunni Wahhabi types ultimately controlling the Sunni confederation the Saudis are trying to assemble.
How do you see what has happened in Libya?