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That the Saudi kind of Islamism (Wahabitism) is of a slightly different colour does not mean that they are less extreme and dangerous than al quaeda
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the wahabis and the saudi royal family are not one and the same -- the wahabis command the support of a significant section of the population, and the government has to perform the juggling act of keeping them happy so as not to foment a revolution, but at the same time trying to limit their influence.
i'm afraid you're wrong trying to equate wahabism with the saudi royal family - the 2 are not 1 and the same.
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the country is already as islamic as it gets
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yeah, well there's different degrees of how islamic a country can get -- believe me, if the saudi royal family falls, sa will turn into a country so fundamentalist the u.s. will be courting iran to stop the saudi influence.
the king isn't anti-west, he's anti -us foreign policy. he's much more of a realist and pragmatist than the former king, and he realizes that his country needs to be intimately involved with the west, from an economic as well as a security point of view. and he's actively taking steps against al qaeda.
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The answer is a clear 100% 0 chance this can happen unless the state of Saudi Arabia turns against the western world
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and that's exactly the point -- the arms sale is to help prop up a friendly government, and try and shift the balance of power in the region as a whole.