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Good discussion over all. However, setting the brotherhood aspect aside the following things can be gleaned from recent history and established facts on ground:
Our political elite is no better than the leadership of Sodom and Gomorrah (layed out in the Quran, Bible and Torah), so to expect anything from them that is planned and organized for the betterment of the Muslim nation that causes us to rise as a unified power in the region is a fools errand. I think we all agree on this, I'm just stating the obvious to build on further facts.
As mentioned earlier by some astute and pragmatic thinkers, "what will we get in return", well if we had a half functioning somewhat less dishonest and less self serving government over the years (military and civil), we should have expected a mutually aligned group of nations sharing strategic military and economic benefits. What we got in return to our cozying up to especially the Saudi's as groveling greedy beggars is exactly what any nation with leverage does to another when it comes to international relations and global strategy, we got used. As a result our western boarders once manned by amicable allies Iran became a line of distrust. A profusion of madrassahs started popping up mullahs started to creep into and control the political mindset, we became whabi pawns fighting a proxy war for Saudi hegemony in the region. I worry the same one dimensional foreign policy strategy might also have less than desired results with China, as @MastanKhan rightly said there is no brotherhood between nations, every country looks to its own national interest or in our and some others case the corrupt political elite look to their own interest. (http://www.dw.com/en/the-wahabi-republic-of-pakistan/a-16191055)
Also if you read between the lines with dwindling production where the Saudi's are struggling to keep production (lower than agreed upon OPEC levels) and their drive towards alternative energy and developing a non oil based economy, you can maybe guess what conversation their lord and masters (USA and others) have had with them. My assumption is its along the lines of, you boys have had a good run, alternative energy is here to stay and will eventually be the main fuel for energy, its time for us to monetize what we have in the ground, you fellas start putting all this money you have made for almost half a century to put your house in order, you guys will not be setting the price, we are, so that our producers in the US can drill. Considering the education level of the average Saudi and his low tolerance to get off government benefits and get his happy *** to work, I would be concerned of a Saudi political, economic and social melt down, I personally would not want to hitch my wagon to that powder keg. (http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/collapse-saudi-arabia-inevitable-1895380679)
India has run circles around us when it comes to foreign policy, all we have managed to do is like drug addicts keep going back for one more high, back to the pusher man whether it be Saudi Arabia, the US or any other country that has need to use us. In my opinion before we get further embroiled in the Arab world or other predators out there we need to put our house in order, stop electing crooks, educate ourselves, have something to offer to the rest of the world other than guns for hire, than we can negotiate on a more equal footing. You don't have to be the biggest swinging dick in the room to negotiate amicably, you need leadership that looks to protect its people's interest as its primary goal, Switzerland did it for centuries despite being a tiny nation.
PS:
Another article regarding our benevolent Saudi benefactors.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...overnment-sehwan-bombing-saudi-fundamentalism
Our political elite is no better than the leadership of Sodom and Gomorrah (layed out in the Quran, Bible and Torah), so to expect anything from them that is planned and organized for the betterment of the Muslim nation that causes us to rise as a unified power in the region is a fools errand. I think we all agree on this, I'm just stating the obvious to build on further facts.
As mentioned earlier by some astute and pragmatic thinkers, "what will we get in return", well if we had a half functioning somewhat less dishonest and less self serving government over the years (military and civil), we should have expected a mutually aligned group of nations sharing strategic military and economic benefits. What we got in return to our cozying up to especially the Saudi's as groveling greedy beggars is exactly what any nation with leverage does to another when it comes to international relations and global strategy, we got used. As a result our western boarders once manned by amicable allies Iran became a line of distrust. A profusion of madrassahs started popping up mullahs started to creep into and control the political mindset, we became whabi pawns fighting a proxy war for Saudi hegemony in the region. I worry the same one dimensional foreign policy strategy might also have less than desired results with China, as @MastanKhan rightly said there is no brotherhood between nations, every country looks to its own national interest or in our and some others case the corrupt political elite look to their own interest. (http://www.dw.com/en/the-wahabi-republic-of-pakistan/a-16191055)
Also if you read between the lines with dwindling production where the Saudi's are struggling to keep production (lower than agreed upon OPEC levels) and their drive towards alternative energy and developing a non oil based economy, you can maybe guess what conversation their lord and masters (USA and others) have had with them. My assumption is its along the lines of, you boys have had a good run, alternative energy is here to stay and will eventually be the main fuel for energy, its time for us to monetize what we have in the ground, you fellas start putting all this money you have made for almost half a century to put your house in order, you guys will not be setting the price, we are, so that our producers in the US can drill. Considering the education level of the average Saudi and his low tolerance to get off government benefits and get his happy *** to work, I would be concerned of a Saudi political, economic and social melt down, I personally would not want to hitch my wagon to that powder keg. (http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/collapse-saudi-arabia-inevitable-1895380679)
India has run circles around us when it comes to foreign policy, all we have managed to do is like drug addicts keep going back for one more high, back to the pusher man whether it be Saudi Arabia, the US or any other country that has need to use us. In my opinion before we get further embroiled in the Arab world or other predators out there we need to put our house in order, stop electing crooks, educate ourselves, have something to offer to the rest of the world other than guns for hire, than we can negotiate on a more equal footing. You don't have to be the biggest swinging dick in the room to negotiate amicably, you need leadership that looks to protect its people's interest as its primary goal, Switzerland did it for centuries despite being a tiny nation.
PS:
Another article regarding our benevolent Saudi benefactors.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...overnment-sehwan-bombing-saudi-fundamentalism
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