#replug: #saudis have outsmarted #deepstate handily
this was published by rediff.com on 17 may 2016 at
http://www.rediff.com/news/column/will-the-saudis-have-the-last-laugh/20160517.htm
i suggest that the saudis and their pals the isi have run rings around the americans, but the latter have finally realized it, and are dumping the saudis. pakistan will be toast down the road -- the yanks want to have some leverage there for the moment.