Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense Eng. Talal Al-Otaibi discussed various aspects of defense cooperation with senior officials of Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran
Hmm who could have seen that kissing a regressive monarchy's ass for far too long would bite us in the ass?
Anybody who realized how involved the Saudi Royal family and their intelligence agency was with 9/11 and anyone who understood how the Saudi's were spreading the extremist breeding Wahhabism and funding the building Wahhabist schools.
The Saudis were always pieces of shit and horrible allies for the West.
Uh, no. Wtf. The Shah was an oppressive authoritarian. That's one of the reasons why Iran is pissed at us. We should have let them nationalize their oil industry and not overthrown their democratically elected leader.