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I have to admit I didn't see this change coming from the Saudis. I saw the Saudis as playing a role in 9/11, and that was that.I agree and would add, have you seen what's happening in Saudi Arabia lately? This is also like asking the question what will happen next? In my view the two are related to an extent, they both are about how world history changes at a snail's pace. The initial move to build an embassy there had been started in 1995. Trump waives law requiring US to move embassy to Jerusalem
When definitive changing points do occur, when intentions turn to concrete action they are comparable to when a nation draws a line in the sand. That too happened when the absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia imprisoned many of it's own royal family. In the foreseeable future, whose side are they on?
The way I see it people didn't pay any substantial attention to what Defense Secretary James Mattis said during his confirmation hearings prior to acquiring that position. That the USA had friends in the middle east that were committed to modernizing and creating a more moderate form of Islam. That such things don't happen overnight either.
This is how history progresses, the foundations for their turning points were always there. What is also still there is the behavior of those opposed to these turning points and when looking back on that track record, the big thing that changes is they'll have a new reason to continue the same behavior they've been demonstrating since 1948. I believe they're not in a position to declare any war other than the one they are already pursuing at this moment. They had their 1948 and 1967, until other major changes take place in the whole world, all we'll see is more of the same.
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