Saudis Committing Suicide ?

 There is some weird stuff going on with the US in the Middle East, and also with Saudi Arabia and the USA.

Firstly since Jo Biden became president in January 2021 he never made that almost mandatory telephone call to America's close ally the Ruler of Saudi Arabia (in this case the Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman or MBS). 

Biden has also not made any phone calls to Imran Khan of Pakistan, that other close ally of the US. Basically telling the whole world that the USA does not care too much about Saudi Arabia or Pakistan anymore. 

• So the US has once again proven their toilet roll diplomacy - flush after use. 
• Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are being flushed down the toilet. 

Then suddenly after the Ukraine crisis Joe Biden did want to call Saudi Arabia to ask the Saudis to increase oil production - to counter global oil prices shooting up arising from Joe Biden's  sanctions stupidity. 

This time around the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia refused to accept any phone calls from Joe Biden.  The Crown Prince fellow said : 

What a slap in the face for Joe. Plus the UAE which also refused to talk to Joe Biden. 

The Saudis are at last seeing their role in the American scheme of things - toilet paper, flush after use. When Saudi Arabia's Abqayq oil facility was hit by drones and missiles, knocking out over 5% of their refining capacity for months, the US did not retaliate. The so called United State's security umbrella did not work.

The same happened about five days ago when the Iranians lobbed 12 ballistic missiles into Erbil in Iraq. All the 12 missiles fell near the American consulate. (After a couple of days the US media changed it to a few kilometers away). 

 

Again there was no retaliation by the US. The so called American security umbrella only retaliates against countries with no paved roads and when the people live in mud huts and villages (like Afghanistan, Vietnam, Iraq, Syria, Libya).  But when the "enemy" has ballistic missiles and is ready to use their missiles effectively (like Iran and North Korea) then the US Army takes a quick break.

So the Saudis are getting tired of the increasing unreliability of the Americans as friends or protectors. 

But the latest news is that the Saudis want to leave the US Dollar and use the Chinese Yuan currency instead to settle their massive oil trade with China. China buys about 25% of all Saudi oil exports. 

• Saudi Arabia Weighs Using Yuan for Chinese Oil Sales: DJ
  
• Saudi Arabia talks with Beijing to accept yuan for oil sales 
• Saudis increasingly unhappy with decades-old U.S. security commitments  
• relationship with U.S. buffeted by Yemen’s civil war, Iran’s nuclear program
• US dollars an illusion of stability

 

Well there could be a red line here.

The last two Arab fellows who said they wanted to replace the US Dollar for their oil trade were Saddam Hussein of Iraq and Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. Saddam Hussein got Iraq destroyed (until today) and his head was decapitated when the Americans hung him (from too high a height).   Muammar Gaddafi got Libya destroyed (also until today) and he had a broom stick shoved way up his ass as he was being killed by some roadside in Libya.

So will the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia have his head stuck on a spike by some dustry road in Riyadh? Lets see. 

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.