Imagine a prince about to become king at his dying father’s bedside promising the old man that he will build the kingdom into such an advanced state, it will forever remain ahead of the nearest competitor by at least a decade or two.
The old man dies, and the prince becomes king. He
inherits the powers and wealth of the kingdom, as well as the loyalties that
were due to his father, now transferred to him. With all this firmly in his
hand, and a vision in head for the kingdom of the future he promised to build,
the prince sets off to do just that.
He goes to his headquarters which is composed of an
office surrounded by other offices and smaller cubicles, all of them providing
workspace for a dedicated bureaucracy that constantly receives royal orders to
execute this project or that one. Whether at his desk or driving to a worksite
or flying to meet with the foreign head of a critical industry, the king looks
like a busy bee working on projects which consist of building traditional industrial
plants. At the same time, however, his staff would be working to organize
meetings between himself and the executives of industries that reflect a
futuristic bent.
Now imagine a totally different scene:
It is that of a mafia-like boss who was recently elected
to head a worldwide criminal organization. Growing in an environment that’s
plastered with images of the Holocaust, and one that’s imbued with teachings which
say his people are in a permanent state of war against humanity, the mafia
boss’s method of operation is modeled after a military that’s permanently
engaged in war.
Thus, he stands in front of a board representing a battle
site showing the positions of his forces as well as those of his opponents. He
is surrounded by top generals who listen to him and seldom speak to him. The
forces on the board are represented by toys made of plastic or wood, which he
grabs with a long pincer and moves from place to place to reflect his thinking
as to how the war should proceed.
One of those toys is none other than the prince-turned
king you imagined in the previous segment. So, while that character is a busy
human being who responds to human stimuli, the mafia-boss imagines him to be a
toy he can grab with a pincer and move around as he wishes.
And there lies the difference on the one hand, between
the vision of the builder who, in real life is the Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia, and the vision of the fantasist on the other hand
who, in real life is Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, the mew head of a worldwide
criminal organization getting to be known as Jewish Central.
Two attempts were recently made to tell the latest of
what’s happening in that realm. One attempt was made by David Ignatius who
wrote: “With oil production cut, the Saudis send a message to the U.S.,” an
article that was published on April 4, 2023 in The Washington Post. The other
attempt was made by Katherine Doyle who wrote: “Saudi Arabia’s ‘middle finger' to Biden marks
latest turn in fraught relationship,” an article that was published in the
Washington Examiner also on
April 4, 2023.
Here is how, in
condensed form, David Ignatius began his discussion:
“Saudi Arabia’s
decision to cut oil production and raise prices sent a simple message: The
era of American hegemony in the Middle East is over. Crown Prince Mohammed bin
Salman pressed OPEC to reduce production by a million barrels a day, which
boosted the price of oil, a move as welcome as a poke in the eye”.
What this says is that
a bilateral problem of trust began to creep into the Saudi-American relations.
But that’s not all because America is also involved in international
relationships which are coming into play at this time. Here is how Ignatius
formulated that problem, again presented here in condensed form:
“Both Saudi Arabia and
the US are hedging their bets. Neither wants a break in relations, but their leaders
feel disrespected. It’s not a stable balance — especially for Israel, which
wants better relations with Riyadh but depends on US power in the region … MBS
has told Saudi confidants that the US remains the kingdom’s partner, but not
its only partner”.
As to Katherine Doyle, here is what she had to say,
presented here in condensed form:
“White House officials slammed the move as
‘misguided’ and charged that the consortium had aligned itself with Russia’s
Putin. The OPEC+ cut hardened congressional opposition to Saudi Arabia,
with bipartisan lawmakers urging new tools to reassess US security assistance
for Riyadh. Aaron David Miller said the Biden administration is heeding Saudi’s
cues as the Kingdom fosters closer ties with China and Russia. A China-brokered
deal to revive diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and rival Iran is one example
of the moves indicating a potential reordering of regional alliances”.
It is obvious from the observations of David Ignatius and
Katherine Doyle that the politicos of America are standing like stunned
watchers, looking at a fast developing situation in the Middle East, not
knowing how to respond rationally.
With their thinking turned off, but motivated by decades
of Jewish indoctrination, the administrators and lawmakers of America look at
Israel enter the Sino-Russian orbit and give it more money and weapons. And
they look at Saudi Arabia, and urge new tools to reassess US security
assistance for Riyadh.