Explain how this bullshit state came about

explain how this bullshit state came about

why is it a hub for radical islam

how does it continue to exist?

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House of al-saud allied with Wahhab in the late 18th century
Fast forward to ww1
Britain funds Arabs to revolt against the ottomans
Lots of money gets into the Saudi family and the Hashemite family, who ruled the Hejaz
Saudis win the war and annex the Hejaz
In the search for water they strike oil in the late 1930's
The oil makes them fabulously wealthy and Wahhabism is the state religion
In the 1970's they tried to modernize but a bunch of Wahhabism ulema seized the grand mosque of Mecca and the Saudis gave up on modernizing

>how it came about
the british double-crossed the arabs. first they made the sharif of mecca revolt against the ottomans while promising him a united arab state including the arabian peninsula, mesopotamia and the levant while at the same time dividing that territory up into zones of influence together with the french and also promising the jews a homeland in palestine. after the war the arabs got nothing of what they were promised. the sharif's sons were made kings in british and french mandate territories but they had no real power and there was never a united arab state. the sharif refused to sign the treaties, so the british dropped their support for him and his kingdom in the hejaz was overrun by the saudi wahhabi fanatics from the central desert who were supported by britain and had already conquered the eastern part of the peninsula.

>why is it a hub for radical islam
it's basic structure is based on an alliance between the radical preacher muhammad ibn abd al-wahhab and the bedouin tribal leader al sa'ud. the al sa'ud family gives the wahhabi sect control of religious and cultural affairs in exchange for legitimacy and support. since religious fanatics control all aspects of civil society, the populace is driven to fanaticism itself.

>how does it continue to exist?
internally the alliance between sa'ud and abd al-wahhab held reasonably well over the generations though it is probably unsustainable in the long-term.
economically, oil wealth is a big factor in artificially creating stability.
internationally its major backbone is the paradoxical alliance with the US which provides arms and buys oil.

>explain how this bullshit state came about
Jump back 250 years. There's this tribe in central Arabia led by this guy named Ibn Saud. There's this cleric named Wahhab who thinks that we should only follow what's in the Quran and skip all the later bullshit. They make a deal; Ibn Saud will keep Wahhab's followers safe, and in turn they'll support his rule.

During the First World War, the British promised some guys in Hedjaz (the part with Mecca, aka the single most holy site in Islam) that they would support a united Arab state if the Hedjazis fought against the Ottomans. However, the Hedjazis forgot they were dealing with Anglos, so after the war, Britain stepped back and let the Saudis take over Hedjaz. The Saudis have been buddy-buddy with the West ever since.

>why is it a hub for radical islam
Remember that Wahhab dude's followers? Yeah, they're pretty influential. So influential that if they all hated the Saudis and wanted to overthrow them (or at least destabilize the country), they totally could. SO, the Saudis turn a blind eye to where some of the wealthy Wahhabis are sending money; they don't want to make themselves targets. Back in 1979, some nutjobs claimed they found the Mahdi (the guy Muslims say will precede Jesus's return) and took over the Grand Mosque of Mecca. After taking them down, the Saudi King started passing more religion-based laws to help keep the peace (e.g., women can't drive or leave the house unaccompanied). They know the problem is because of all the Wahhabi clerics, but they're not doing anything about it because there's the very real possibility that they turn against the Saudis and start a civil war.

>how does it continue to exist?
Because the Saudis are still friends with the West. They're the largest stable power in the Middle East whose ruler doesn't despise us with a burning passion. We have military bases there we used to launch Desert Storm and OEF. If we let them fall, it would be orders of magnitude worse than Iraq in '03.

short and great explanation, thanks man.

Westerners should pray that KSA won't collapse. Because whatever that will come after it won't be some cuck that will bend over to Western interests. It will be something that will make Daesh look cute in comparison.

What has been posted, also the Eternal Anglo struck again.
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I'll give you three guesses.

hahahaha

That's the moment several carrier fleets converge on the region and turn it into dust. You do not fuck with US oil interests.

you do realize its saudi millionaires that are cucking the US, not the other way around?

You're explaining it like the Saudis and the wahabis are somehow opposed, they're not
Nah, Saudis and the whole gulf should perish, and nothing would be lost

>That's the moment several carrier fleets converge on the region and turn it into dust. You do not fuck with US oil interests.
That literally doesn't matter though, you could bomb the Arabian Gulf a trillion times and every single time what will come after it will be anti-Western. The people that the House of Saud rule over absolutely despise the West and everything it stands for, and rightfully so.

>Nah, Saudis and the whole gulf should perish, and nothing would be lost
Don't say i didn't warn you. whatever that will come after the Saudis will be ISIS on Steroids.

>how does it continue to exist?

They used their main allies and fighting force of Ikhwan nomads that were some extreme cases of Wahabi/Salafi befouins lead by pic related, to conquer both the Rashidi and Hashemite territories of Arabia.

And ironically enough the Saudi's like with everyone else that gets to close to them stabbed them in the back and imprisoned/executed the leadership while absorbing the remaining members into their own personal guard.

ITT: people unironically claim that Saudi Arabia will be allowed to collapse before their oil runs out and that anyone will give a shit about if they turn into ISIS X a million after it does.

>anyone will give a shit about if they turn into ISIS X a million after it does.
If some ISIS-tier group takes hold of Mecca and Medina...

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How do we kill the cancer that is Israel?
Pic related is from Hilary Clinton's leaked emails.
America literally fucked over Syria to make sure Israel keeps hold of it's Nuclear Monopoly.

Sought of this. They couldn't do much about it, but a lot of people don't realise why democracy always fails in the Mideast. The leaders are almost always far less extreme than the people they rule over. The average Saudi's beliefs make the king look like Sweden.

>all these people implying Wahhabism makes Islam that more radical
it doesn't change much.
the thing about it is that it makes people unable to say anything about the government because the government controls "Wahhabism" therefore they control the public by controlling their religion

that was the pact between Ibn Saud and Ibn Abd al-Wahhab, one family rules the kingdom and one family rules the religion

What is it that causes Israel and its american vassal to view Iran as a threat but not Saudi Arabia?

>What is it that causes Israel and its american vassal to view Iran as a threat but not Saudi Arabia?
Iran won't bend over to Western interests. They also aren't going to trade their Nuclear capabilities for a piece of paper that says ''I won't invade you''.