From Commentary:
What is Saudi Arabia up to? There are some unignorable indications that the royals are now leaning toward the West as never before.
According to a Pakistani diplomatic envoy, Riyadh is now playing an active intermediary role between the U.S. and Pakistan, shuttling aid packages and negotiating with Pakistani militants at Washington’s behest. With Islamabad more ambivalent than helpful in taking out militants who attack American forces in Afghanistan, the U.S. has turned to the Saudis, who have seemed to rein in their own domestic terrorists over the past few years.
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What is Saudi Arabia up to? There are some unignorable indications that the royals are now leaning toward the West as never before.
According to a Pakistani diplomatic envoy, Riyadh is now playing an active intermediary role between the U.S. and Pakistan, shuttling aid packages and negotiating with Pakistani militants at Washington’s behest. With Islamabad more ambivalent than helpful in taking out militants who attack American forces in Afghanistan, the U.S. has turned to the Saudis, who have seemed to rein in their own domestic terrorists over the past few years.
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