consortium news exclusive mideast trip saudi arabia israel president trump seek political safe harbor tack toward neocon orthodoxy jettison campaign promise rational strategy write daniel lazare.daniel lazare consortium newswith astound precision donald trump zero bad possible middle east policy option recent trip saudi arabia make rebuff efforts iran newly elect moderate government open communications west instead deepen america alliances decrepit autocratic regimes across persian gulf.turning nose iran rise young power embrace saudi arabia plainly last legs remarkable display rather like visit butch shop pass fresh steak one rancid smelly buzz flies.saudi arabia tire dictatorship abysmal human-rights record one spectacularly dysfunctional societies history take half billion dollars day oil revenue yet profligate could run money half decade sit atop 18 percent world prove oil reserve yet wasteful current rat become net importer year 2030.its king travel thousand-person retinue wherever go son deputy crown prince muhammad bin salman plunk 550 million long ago 440-foot yacht catch eye south france yet pair royal kleptocrats dare preach austerity time much 25 percent population live less 17 day trash-strewn third world slums.similarly saudi arabia appetite high-tech weaponry 2015 become large arm importer world yet military inept unable subdue ragtag houthi rebel neighbor yemen even stop raid deep inside saudi territory launch regular missile attacks.the kingdom accuse iran sectarianism yet ban religions islam arrest christians crime pray possess bibles equate atheism terrorism impose state siege shi ite muslims eastern province although bite restrain late religious police notorious roam shop malls strike can anyone violate shari law.as english novelist hilary mantel wolf hall fame recall four years spend kingdom geologist husband impossible know might arouse ire might flash denim legs filipina girl reveal second beneath abaya go adrift might plate-glass shop front business even prayer call spiral damp air-condition halls fail slam metal shutter fast enough rule one know saudi arabia also denounce terrorism every turn even though fund group like al qaeda isis also know isil islamic state open secret 2009 then-secretary state hillary clinton complain diplomatic memo make public wikileaks donors saudi arabia constitute significant source fund sunni terrorist group worldwide september 2014 observe qatar saudi arabia provide clandestine financial logistic support isil radical sunni group region days late vice president joe biden tell harvard audience saudis emirates etc determine take syrian president bashar al- assad essentially proxy sunni-shia war pour hundreds millions dollars tens thousands tons military weapons anyone would fight assad except people supply al nusra al qaeda extremist elements jihadis come part world quote start 53:30 arm saudisrather fight isis al qaeda saudis give money wage jihad religious minorities yet country trump call upon drive terrorists extremists ludicrous rely kkk drive racism also country hop serve cornerstone arab nato sell jet fighters blackhawk helicopters.but saudi military already top-heavy gear time short infantry rely ill-trained sudanese mercenaries score reportedly kill recent battle red sea province midi yemen north surprise since saudi right mind want serve foot soldier deputy crown prince buy another yacht purchase add military imbalance add fuel broad middle east conflagration.so god-awful marriage come trump fault others contribute mess answer course latter.every president since franklin roosevelt contribute catastrophe roosevelt declare saudi arabia u.s. protectorate dwight eisenhower get head corrupt desert monarchy would somehow useful fight communism worry might come soviet influence jimmy carter commence military buildup persian gulf accord 2009 princeton university study surpass 10-trillion mark.ronald reagan rely saudis finance arm nicaraguan contras jonas savimbi pro-apartheid guerrillas angola george h.w bush launch major war save saudis evil saddam hussein george w. bush barack obama cover saudi role 9/11 obama secretary state hillary clinton encourage gulf monarchies fund anti-government rebel libya syria arab spring libya syria fell ruin consequence hundreds millions dollars flow pro-al qaeda force flame wahhabist terrorism spread ever wider.indeed donald trump seem augur something different rather praise kingdom denounce 2011 world big funder terrorism assert inaccurately use petro dollars money fund terrorists seek destroy people saudis rely us protect campaign trail up ante declare saudis blow world trade center threaten block oil fight isis continue story consortium newsread trump news 21st century wire trump filessupport work subscribe become member 21wire.tv absolute submission trump bow neocon orthodoxy