Friday, April 18, 2014



THE SACKING OF PRINCE SULTAN…AGAIN!!!

Two good articles here that both address the same issue, but from different topics.

In the world of  international affairs and more importantly money, the rules never really apply or only do so as long as the public is paying attention.

It’s the reason most surviving governments refine the art of distraction; keep the public looking in the other direction.

Everyone should also understand the real relationship between the US and Saudi is inside the oil industry.

This process has the ability to survive individual “visions” and in the case of the US that is usually based on a eight year cycle.

So, does the apparent pending divorce between the US and Saudi mean the end of an alliance?

Have the political winds in the West changed so much that alliances will dissolve and or realign or will the cycle of relationships reestablish at the end of the eight year cycle?

 Here is the interesting point.

One of the answers doesn’t reside inside the Department of State or the Department of Commerce.

It rest with the oil industry…. The international oil industry!

Where are the profits to be made?

Who is willing to support the process and how much money could be made?

Profit decides who really talks to each other officially or unofficially.

Does the oil industry talk to Iran?

Next Question…. That’s my point…

The other answer as to the survival of alliances is conflict!

Conflict shapes the future and even then that is sometimes temporary.

The issue of the West reaching out to the Persians and the resistance to this process by the Saudis is the emotional sticking point and it’s also the most dangerous flashpoint for conflict.

None of this is new to anyone who lives in the world of international “relationships”!

But, like with any other profession, there are those who are good at what they do and there are those who are not!

The example I’ll give rest with the case of Prince Bandar Sultan.

Is Prince Bander a known “friend” of the Bush family?

Yes.

Are the Bush’s closer to the oil industry than the current administration?
Yes!

Is there the chance the feelings toward the Prince as based upon something as petty as resenting his relationship with a political and ideological foe?

Sadly the answer is most likely yes.

Are we making decision that will impact the entire region of the Middle East based upon personal beliefs and grudges?

Well, it will not be the first time something so unprofessional has taken place in world affairs.

Prince Sultan speaks for the King, but forcing the royal family of Saudi to remove him because of his personal “relationship” with the political enemy in another country, well, I won’t type what I would call that!

The Western “vision” of where the Middle East should be is more than confusing; it’s dangerous!

The oil industry will survive and profits will be secured.

Who gains those profits that is what the conflicts will determine.

But, letting personal grudges filter into the process; well…..like I said…. There are those who are good at what they do and there are those who are not!





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