14th December, 2018
Forces are aligning against Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince, lead by elements within the CIA and strong players in the mainstream media. But what is really behind this deterioration in relationship, and what are its implications?
Posts Tagged ‘saudi russia rapprochement’
The real reason Western media & CIA turned against Saudi MBS
Posted by seumasach on December 15, 2018
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Saudi Arabia gets a friend in need – Russia
Posted by seumasach on October 24, 2018
M.K.Bhadrakumar
22nd October, 2018
It goes without saying that oil has been central to military power and economic life in modern history. Control of oil has been a key source of power and policy in the Cold War. There was even a top-secret US government plan to ravage the Middle East oil industry in the event of the former Soviet Union gaining control of it. The CIA called it the “denial policy”. It was hatched in 1948 during the Berlin Blockade – whereby, oil wells would be plugged, equipment and fuel stockpiles destroyed, refineries and pipelines disabled to ensure that the USSR never got hold of the Middle East’s oil resources.
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One day after historic Saudi-Russian summit, US suspends military exercises with “Arab allies”
Posted by seumasach on October 7, 2017
6th October, 2017
Russia no longer even has to lift a finger (or buy a few thousands dollars worth of Facebook ads) to steal influence from the US in key geopolitical hotspots: the US can do so on its own.
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Posted in Multipolar world | Tagged: End of empire, Middle East looks east, Russian diplomacy, saudi russia rapprochement, US-Saudi rift | Leave a Comment »
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