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| Independent: Mohammad bin Salman "Naive, Arrogant Political Gambler" |
| 2016-01-11 |
| [ALMANAR.LB] The British newspaper, Independent, posted on Sunday, January 10, an article in which it blasted the Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman, describing him as naive and arrogant. The paper quoted a memo, published by the German intelligence agency, as portraying bin Salman -- the powerful 29-year-old favorite son of the ageing King Salman ...either the largest species of Pacific salmon or the current Sheikh of the Burnin' Sands, Cutodian of the Two Holy Mosquesand Lord of Most of the Arabians.... , who is suffering from dementia -- as a political gambler who is destabilizing the Arab world through proxy wars in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic... and Syria. "Spy agencies do not normally hand out such politically explosive documents to the press criticizing the leadership of a close and powerful ally such as Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... . It is a measure of the concern in the BND that the memo should have been so openly and widely distributed. The agency was swiftly slapped down by the German foreign ministry after official Saudi protests, but the BND's warning was a sign of growing fears that Saudi Arabia has become an unpredictable wild card." The BND lists the areas in which Saudi Arabia is adopting a more aggressive and warlike policy, as in Syria and Yemen. None of these foreign adventures initiated by Prince Mohammad have been successful or are likely to be so, but they have won support for him at home, the Independent concluded. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 I smell a palace coup coming. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2016-01-11 16:00 |