Simmering Arabian Cauldron

The recent terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia have proven me right. I think it was six months ago that i said Saudi was a cauldron of terrorist activity rapidly reaching boiling point. Mostly because -

      ~ Since the 70's, the Al Saud family and others have been funding terrorist activites. Now the tables are turning.
      ~ The average Saudi (male, the females do not count) is poor. He also sees the aristocrats get rich on oil money.
      ~ Officially Osama Bin Laden is condemned. But in coffeeshops and saloons, he is secretly admired for standing up to the americans
      ~ Americans who have exploited the oil rich country and enriched a few in the land while the people are stuck in poverty.
      ~ These terrorists want the expats out. They want the saudi nation back in saudi hands. They are in their own way protesting the outsourcing of local labour to expats. And it will only get worse

The enemies are both the foreigners and the ruling family.

The Al Saud clan are in a position similar to the Shah of Iran earlier. Like most rulers, they are out of touch with their people's opinions. They are largely seen as American puppets. And revolution is in the air.

Foreigners, esp Americans are hated. Once again America, in its brash "take no prisoners" way has failed miserably to understand local culture. It presumes it has got itself an ally by just paying off the ruling family. But the average Saudi is not impressed. From the crassness of the apologies for Abu Gharib, to the nonchalance with which they invaded middle eastern soil.. America, after 9/11 is making far more enemies than it needs..