February 1, 2016: Mideast politics suggests Saudi won't cut production despite recent reports that Russia/Saudi were talking about cooperating on cuts.
August 23, 2015: WSJ sits down with Saudi general.
July 30, 2015: Saudi Arabia to buy 600 Patriot missiles from the US; $5 billion -- The Weekly Standard.
April 18, 2015: US arms sales to the Mideast, especially Saudi Arabia -- NYT
January 23, 2015: 90-year-old Saudi king dies; 80-year-old brother assumes throne;
December 22, 2014: more clarity -- CLR, Hamm, Forbes, Saudi, Iran, Russia.
We start off with: is President Obama organizing communities in the Mideast?
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Six Dots To Connect
Six Dots To Connect
Six dots to connect:
- is President Obama getting ready to throw Israel under the bus? (same link as above)
- is the GCC set to unravel President Obama's Arab Spring initiatives? (first unmistakable sign -- court's reversal of Mubarak's conviction)
- Saudi's close relationship with US/Bush/Cheney does not exist with US/Obama/Hillary/Kerry
- ISIS, al-Qaeda threaten to topple Libya, Syria, Kurdistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
- does Saudi see Russia's hand in Syria-Iran-Isis-al-Qaeda?
- protecting their market share: Russia-China hegemony; threat of North American energy revolution; Canadian oil sands
- follow the money
- ask the question, "Why now?"
- google it
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The Six Dots
Is President Obama getting ready to throw Israel under the bus?
- sanctions on Israel being discussed by the Obama administration -- Christian Science Monitor, December 8, 2014
- little downside risk: Obama no longer up for re-election; already lost House, Senate (not much more to lose, except veto-proof majority in Senate -- unlikely)
- Obama needs major legacy initiative
- presidents are change agents
- most of his initiatives will die within next ten years (global warming, ObamaCare); needs a legacy
- throwing Israel under the bus changes the dynamics in the Mideast
- Saudi has thrown Obama administration under the bus; tit-for-tat
- the answer seems pretty obvious
- with Obama creating a vacuum in the Mideast, will Saudi's alliance with Israel become move transparent?
- slump in prices, feeling the pain: Venezuela, Iran, Russia, off-shore oil, Canadian oil sands, US shale -- pretty much in that order
