Canaan
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You do know that KSA has benefited even more from the partnership with USA than the opposite right? KSA is a sovereign country and has always been that. We were never colonized nor were our borders drawn by outsiders. It was the Saudi Arabians themselves who united the country and conquered it and established what is now KSA in 1932. In a region where ALL the other countries (outside of 3 others (Ethiopia, Turkey and Iran) were colonies.
Anyway are you the user Farooq? He writes similar posts like you and you both have the exact same avatar?
Anyway were are you from? I am 100% sure that your mother country is a ally of USA or another world power.
Lastly USA never did us any harm. Unlike some neighboring countries.
The past relation was based on business alone. Nothing more nothing less. 100% of all Muslim countries have had or have relations with USA or other super powers. There is no other way around it.
Arabia (aka "KSA") has of course benefited from the "partnership" with the US, which is quite normal, but to think that you are BBFs or equal partners is just fooling yourself. Today this is pretty evident.
I am not saying that to insult or laugh at KSA, but I get quite irritated by the notion that you allow yourself to be exploited so easily and dumped when you are of no use anymore, and worse that you accept it. Let's face it, the only reason that the US is (was) even interested in KSA is because of oil and money what other factors/qualities can you offer? You have been way too dependent on the US instead of relying on yourself. Also the mismanagement of your oil wealth has been disastrous. Rarely have I seen such a rich country look so much like a third world country. I was shocked to see so much poverty and an infrastructure in such a bad state.
Let me tell you from my own experience that they may smile to your face ($$$), but talk sh** behind your backs.
And I am not sure that KSA benefited more than the US as you claim, perhaps you would like to elaborate more on this point. The access to "cheap" oil from KSA and the gulf has had such an enormous impact on the growth of the US economy, that it would dwarf any impact the US would have had on KSA.
No I am not Farooq, I have been here since many years under the same name and avatar.
Principally, I am not against relations with the US or any other nation as long as they are on equal terms. But to be almost totally dependent on any single nation is ridiculous. For outsiders, it looks like you are implementing US politics and not your own, and that you are busy appeasing the US rather than helping develop the region in a positive direction.
Let me give you an example; I live in Denmark which is a small country of 5.2 million inhabitants. The political leverage we have with the US, without us being dependent on them is greater than that of KSA which invests trillions in the american economy and buys weapons for billions of dollars. You know why? because Denmark is considered one of the most civilized, transparent, humanist and well developed countries on this planet = respect which cannot be bought with money. KSA like many other countries in the region unfortunately has yet a long way to go. I wish the mentality would change in KSA, and wish you the best with developing the country in direction of democracy, human rights and lack of corruption and good relationships with your neighbours.