Morocco may be next with Saudi Arabia waiting as the end game. MBS agree with Egypt’s Al Sisi that Islam has to be reformed.
A religion dedicated to the decapitation of no-believers doesn’t bod well for world peace. In addition, Russia, China and Iran will have less and less influence in the region.
Trump plays a different game.
RE: A religion dedicated to the decapitation of no-believers doesn’t bod well for world peace.
Here’s my view — You cannot conduct foreign policy under the assumption that Muslims will always lie and not keep their promises when they sign an accord. With that attitude, you might as well continue on a war footing with all your neighbors in the region.
Better to stay STRONG and VIGILANT militarily while maintaining peaceful relations.
Israel has done that with Egypt for over 3 decades and with Jordan for over 25 years. There’s no reason she can’t do it with other Muslim nations as well.
BUT EVEN SO, NEVER LET YOUR GUARD DOWN!!
As Reagan used to say — PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH.
islam was already re-formed in the late 1700s by Al-Wahhab. Al-Wahhab and Al-Saud (the ancestor of MBS, the Saudi king) married each other’s daughers and the Saudi-Wahhabbi alliance was put in place.
Wahabbism re-formed Islam back to what it was in the 7th century.
Saudi Arabia is the empire of the Saud family when they conquered other tribes in the 1920s. They hold it by money (big welfare state) plus military plus religion (Wahhabiism).
MBS can’t change it further.