Originally Posted by
Stephanie
Though I would (hesitantly , grudgingly) agree with you ! , : remove the current rulers -- what then !!!?
That's certainly a complex question, and certainly would have the potential lead to an even more complicated situation in the short-term.
BUT-- Assuming that an overthrow of the House of Saud would be 'home grown', in that the revolution happened internally, without ANY outside intervention (highly unlikely of course), then I suspect that a government that would form afterwards would have great potential to make the country a much more progressive one. The vast oil wealth could be used to create one of the most advanced social systems in the world, if profits and resources were put towards that end. A progressive government in the region could end much of the religious strife which the Saudis have been intentionally provoking as of late, most notably the murder of civilians in neighboring Yemen.
But perhaps the most tangible threat would be the spread of IS/ISIS into the void of the Saudis, stoking even more violence than we are seeing now; but at least then, the rest of the world would have an enemy it wasn't beholden to for its natural resources. The world would have no problem with pushing for an invasion of the Arabian Peninsula, and pushing out ISIS from one side of the Middle East to the other.
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