Strategically, we (and the Western World) are unfortunately tied to the shaky House of Saud because of our dependence on their oil, as well as the rest of the oil in the Middle East. Break that requirement by developing our own plentiful energy resources, and the threat of a hostile takeover in Saudi Arabia collapsing our economy rapidly diminishes.
Also, control our nearly unbridled importation of Muslim radicals into America and you diminish the threat much more. Controlling foreign subversive elements allowed into our country was once a sensible national security policy. Look how we kept out Communists for decades. Now we gaily import our own enemies!
By and large, we can thank the Windmill and Unicorn Farts crowd for keeping us in bondage to the Muslim world because of oil and political correctness. The 0bama Administration and American Liberalism in general are the biggest supporters and enablers of this fraudulent and un-American movement. It is they on whom the blame for our ungoing nightmare must be laid.
Well said, Gritty!
Thanks!
This particular practice is not unique to the Saudis. The Japanese government used to send 'watchers' with groups of Japanese immigrants. Most all of them came from the old noble families or the samurai class. American authorities thought of them as 'labor brokers'.
Saudis do this, but with a catch ~ the other Saudis don't know who they are. At the same time a Saudi watcher will be involved in OTHER things as well. One item would be to get friendly with non-Saudis in the area.
Way back in college the Kuwaitis did pretty much the same thing, but the watchees knew the watchers. I knew a nephew of the Imir as well as the guy sent to watch him. Both were students. A Saudi friend brought his slave with him ~ and the slave said he wasn't ever going back!
These guys were a hoot. Today there are far more people involved, and the Saudi watchers have a very big job on their hand infiltrating groups that might do things to hurt Saudi ~ so they have to pretend to be something else ~ maybe a Kuwaiti, or Omani, or maybe even an Iraqi. Since accent is all in Arabic, they are limited to the True Arabs without special language training.
There is a war raging in this world that takes place parallel to normal life and the Saudi government and the clans are both involved in it up to their armpits. For a variety of reasons it's all very Confucian ~ and I just don't know where that came from.
Drill, baby, drill!
They may be your enemies and mine, but they're Hussein's pals.