To spice up the Saudi-Qatari melee, there was only one Saudi
prince among the royals who was in favor of some accommodation,
following the orders of his American exceptionalist masters. Yet
Saudi heir apparent Prince Nayef, a perennial Minister of
Interior from 1975 to 2012, is now dead.
And now it’s wide in the open that Riyadh and Doha virtually come
to blows on about everything – from Palestine and Egypt to Syria.
After all, every grain of sand in Southwest Asian deserts always
knew that the House of Saud is in favor of Salafis while Doha’s
state policy was always to support the Ikhwan.
Now it’s easy; you’re either with us or you’re a terrorist. Well,
the Bush-Cheney regime in the US had thought about this one
first. The difference is that with so many freelancers, Jihad
Inc. was handed a monster PR problem, and the usual Gulf
financiers, mostly Saudi and Emirati, lost control of the pack.
Now, following the new order, any commando, mercenary, suicide
bomber or beheader must abide by the strict American-Saudi
playbook; otherwise he won’t be fully weaponized, or worse, will
become a candidate for incineration by one of Obama’s choice
Hellfire missiles. The Empire needs you, boys, but you gotta
behave.