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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Pepe Escobar: "Fear and loathing in the House of Saud"

from asia times online...........


"That the United States has condoned Saudi Arabia's counter-revolution against the Great 2011 Arab Revolt and incendiary manipulation of sectarianism shatters America's "credibility on democracy and reform". For all its bluster, the House of Saud's actions are essentially moved by fear and may lead to a total radicalization of the Sunni-Shi'ite divide across the Arab world"


"It's the House of Saud counter-revolution against the Great 2011 Arab Revolt - condoned by the US - that has shattered America's ''credibility on democracy and reform''. 

"All this while the ''traditional security arrangement'' with Washington is not even working anymore. The House of Saud is not stabilizing global oil prices; by refusing to increase production, it will let it reach $160 a barrel-levels quite soon. And meanwhile the White House/Pentagon keeps protecting that medieval bunch that were the first to recognize the Taliban in the mid-1990s, and whose billionaires finance jihadis all across the world".................read more here

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