Originally Posted by
alcatel
For the West, the real enemy is its over dependence on oil(including 85% engery importing and high energy consumption Ireland) which dictates our need to pussyfoot around and cosset our relations with the "Kingdom''and to protect it from perceived Iranian threats by supplying arms or whatever.
And from a purely selfish Western perspective, whatever the ruling elite in S. Arabia is, alternatives are likely to be worse (as in Iraq, Libya, Syria).