The CIA knew full-well that the late Saudi King was a thug, but he was sitting on the biggest and cheapest oil reserve in the world, and he was friendly to the U.S. In other words, he was their thug.
But now that King Abdullah's successor, his half-brother, King Salman is flooding the world with cheap oil in order to prevent the U.S. from developing its shale-oil, the CIA will have to find another friendly oil thug to cozy up to. As Lord Palmerston wisely noted: "Nations have no permanent friends or allies, they only have permanent interests."
William Bedford
Newmarket
CFP “Poet in Residence” William Bedford was born in Dublin, Ireland, but has lived in Toronto for most of his life. His poems and articles have been published in many Canadian journals and in some American publications.
