Dragonlady
Designing Woman
We all know the US is friendly with Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia had close friendly ties to the US. We all know in the Middle East apart from Israel the US is friendly with Saudi Arabia and Saudi Arabia supports the US and is really friendly with the US.
But I hear the relationship is deteriorating and Saudi Arabia is starting to turn away from the US now and see the US as problem than friend.
So what is going on now with Saudi Arabia now?
With friends like this, who needs enemies????
This is by no means recent. I just found this piece from 2002, and it references the Arab Oil Embargo of 1970 because the USA was supplying arms to Isreal in the Arab Isreali war.
"Several developments have contributed to the rise of anti-Americanism in Saudi Arabia since the end of the Cold War, including the steady growth of American influences on Saudi society and mores and the decline of common external threats. There were also a series of events that highlighted or symbolized two realities in conflict with the Kingdom's self-concept as the hub of Islam: dependence on the United States for external security, and American cultural influence. These events include the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91, the second Palestinian intifada, the terror attacks of September 11, and the second American war with Iraq."
You have never had great relations with the Saudis. You never sold them your top of the line weapons. 15 of the 19 World Trade Centre pilots were Saudis.
They sucked up to you because they want you to buy their oil, but now you're energy independent, and you're not buying their oil, so they don't have to pretend any longer.