House of Saud

What amazes me is that we've known this for 5 years now...the Royal family is blackmailing the world with oil and we're paying them to stay in control and their paying jihadists to attack worldwide and not at home.

The theory I bought into was reform Iraq, wean ourselves off Saudi oil, start funding democratic movements across the region, and enact swift realignments in the Middle East changes post 9/11. Screw the incremental bullshit.

Instead, the insurgency grew and Iran started acting more belligerent.

Jeez. Maybe we should've let Saddam take over Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in 1991 and let him and the jihadists duke it out and then just trade with the winner.