Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Fear and loathing in the House of Saud



By Pepe Escobar
Asia Times

".....It's the House of Saud incendiary manipulation of sectarianism which is angering Shi'ites everywhere - not only Iranians; that may turn the Islamic Republic into the only substantial defender of all Shi'ites against Wahhabi medievalism.

It's the House of Saud counter-revolution against the Great 2011 Arab Revolt - condoned by the US - that has shattered America's ''credibility on democracy and reform''......

The Gulf political midgets are now in the process of being homogenized - and kept under a leash - by House of Saud force. Those Gulf kings and emirs may preserve their golden thrones - for now. But expect plenty of cultural and religious violence ahead; plenty of nasty tribalism and sectarian wars, with no possible political evolution and no possible development of a modern civil society. No surprise; fear and loathing are embedded in this reactionary House - an axis of multiple evils in itself that should only deserve a shallow grave in the desert sands."

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