Saudi Arabia's Exploitation of Palestinian UN Bid

The Saudis effectively ended their strategic alliance with the US in the aftermath of the US-supported overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Since then the Saudis have strengthened their ties to China and Russia and from what I understand have refused to sign any new oil contracts with the Americans.

Now in this op-ed in the New York Times, the Saudis are hitching a ride on the Palestinian UN bid to justify their previous abandonment of America.

Saudi Prince Turki Al-FaisalAs my readers are well aware, I think that the US's abandonment of Mubarak was one of the greatest strategic errors the US has ever committed. But of course, the Saudis can't play the populist/leader of the Muslim world card by opposing the mob in Cairo. And so they never announced their breach with their US patron, which in their mind had lost all credibility as an ally when it ditched Mubarak. But the Palestinians and the war against the Jews is the great populist issue in the Muslim world. And so, aside from everything else, the PLO's UN initiative gives the authoritarian likes of the Saudis a perfect excuse for publicly acknowledging their previous abandonment of the US.

Moreover, the increasingly anti-Jewish American Left will seize on the Saudi claim as proof that the US's alliance with the Jewish state is undermining America's standing in the Arab world.

Glick knows her stuff..I follow her columns in the Jerusalem Post. However, I have to differ with the thesis of her argument here..that "US abandonment of Mubarak was one of the greatest strategic errors ever committed.."

Not sure if we can hang this one on Obama/US..Hosnis was old, in failing health..he was still popular in Egypt, but he was trying to position his son as his successor, and the entire country didn't want him. THAT was the mistake that cause the whole thing to implode..

Let's see: We make a national park of the largest source of clean coal under Bill Clinton. We make exploration for oil in Alaska and other areas an impossibility.

We give China the technology to launch multiple warheads under Bill Clinton, so China can threaten us. We also put in place policies to empower the Chinese economic machine (controlled by their government)

So, when the Chinese come calling for payment of our debt, do the socialist then give these areas (on national land) to the Chinese as payment?

The Saudis effectively ended their strategic alliance with the US in the aftermath of the US-supported overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Since then the Saudis have strengthened their ties to China and Russia and from what I understand have refused to sign any new oil contracts with the Americans... I think that the US's abandonment of Mubarak was one of the greatest strategic errors the US has ever committed. But of course, the Saudis can't play the populist/leader of the Muslim world card by opposing the mob in Cairo... But the Palestinians and the war against the Jews is the great populist issue in the Muslim world... oreover, the increasingly anti-Jewish American Left will seize on the Saudi claim as proof that the US's alliance with the Jewish state is undermining America's standing in the Arab world.

Thanks GiovannaNicoletta.

Nice reminder from a wahhole that it was for the most part Saudi citizens who carried out the Muzzie mass murders on 9/11.

The House of Saud has gone postal, helping facilitate the Syrian uprising, in order to solidify its own alliances against the only power it fears -- Iran.

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