By Pepe Escobar
It’s fascinating to watch the vast, well-rewarded western army of Saudi lobbyists/stenographers singing the praises of a “traditional and conservative institution”, a.k.a. the House of Saud, now embarking on a new, “assertive foreign policy.”
As this concerns the ideological matrix of all Salafi-jihadi variations in the demented galaxy of Wahhabi extremism, I’d rather call it a Mob rule update. Not nearly as entertaining as Coppola’s Godfather saga, but certainly more sinister.
Imagine the outrage, broadcasted to distant galaxies, if this was taking place in certified opponents of the Empire of Chaos such as Iran, Venezuela, Ecuador, Russia or China. But as the House of Saud are “our bastards”, complete with a minister, Ali al-Naimi, capable of saying that Allah should set oil prices, they can get away with literally anything.
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