Heres the thing, the extremists are the better of several evils.Thanks a lot for the info.
Based on the evidence shown in the intro the pro-US royal family has a very difficult decision to make.
Are the extremists more powerful than the saudi monarchy tho? They have to very powerful and im pretty sure the monarchy is probably divided between extremists and pro-US members...
CIA and the pentangon have probably been aware of this for years, but if there is an anti-western section with great power in saudi arabia that funded the 9/11 attacks, why havent the US helped the pro american monarchy cleanse this section? Would it derive in a civil war? Is oil stability a bigger issue? What about helping your enemy with the containment of iran in the middle east?
I would love to see the real strategy the US government is using right now towards The KSA and the rest of the middle east
You see ISIS? It'd be even worse. Cause as much as the royals may want reforms, they deal they struck with their pious population (remember this is the hub of Islam's iconographic cities and emblems) is one in which they are trying to stamp out a fire that they helped create.
We can't control every variable like you think we can.
Iran is becoming more of a player in the world and ultimately its gonna have to come to a point where the USA and Iran settle their problems (of which there are MANY, that most of HL isn't even aware of)
Energy is still huge issue, and now nuclear proliferation is. If Iran gets a nuke, the Saudis will probably make their own, or get one from the Pakistanis who they have an agreement with.