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!
