If there is any example of the Deep State it is Saudi Arabia.
We, and the British, created the damn state among possibly the most ignorant and venal people on Earth.
Cooperation between the oil companies, armaments industry, the military and politicians is what sustains the nation.
Should we step aside the place would rather quickly return to its original state since we are it’s only hope to accept the future.
This, like Iraq, is the outcome of f.u. British foreign policy or nation building.
Fine with me. Not my problem. But yes, I have heard that Saudis have no clue how to run their own oil industry. All done by Americans and Europeans.