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Originally Posted by nmap
Thank you, Sir! If I may say so, I'm impressed - both by the credentials and the analysis.
Or could it be that the immediate cost of acting is so great that it is politically impractical?
Still worse - Saudi Arabia has a young, fast-growing population. Domestic consumption of crude oil is increasing at the same time production is rumored to be stagnating (or maybe in decline?). If the foregoing is true, revenues from oil will come under pressure, perhaps exacerbating the issues you mentioned.
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I believe you hit the point. It is simply politically and economically impractical until at which time the U.S. is entirely independent of foreign oil supply. I do not see this happening anytime soon.
If the Sau'ds were willing to run oil through and not around the triangle, then the supply could reach Europe faster and much cheaper. Until another Sa'ud holding the kingdom in his hands without the lust for fancy cars, expensive nights with prostitutes, palaces and golden shower handles, it's likely the person pulling the levers on how many barrels of oil spill out of Arabia is being done by the rulers wife not him. After all, the current is now shitting the palace pool from old age. Who's making the decisions now ?
IIRC we did have Bin Ladin in our sights during the Clinton Administration but were pulled off the last moment due to the fact that a C-130 holding the tail numbers of the Sa'ud family was present at that meeting. Don't wanna ruffle any feathers with the house of Sa'ud or the Bin Ladin Group Inc.
BTW: Dont be impressed by my credentials. I merely sat through a few more courses and scrubbed through a few more tests than my counterparts. Their just paper on the wall at this point. I do thank you none the less for the compliment.