Succession

[tangaroa]

Saudi Arabia's new king funded al-Qaeda in the 1990s and has told us all the problems in the Middle East would go away if we'd kill all the Jews. Expect less cooperation.

Edit: this may become a moot issue since the guy is 79 years old.

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[siliconshaman]

It may also become a moot point because in 5 to ten years, all their money is going to go away. The oil's going to run out in 5years [+/- ~3] and they've been spending their income rather than investing... so they'll be running on fiscal reserves for another 5 years or so at best, before going bust.

Once that happens, they'll find out just who their friends are.