Oct 20, 2026 · 25 min · 10 segments
It seems like everywhere you look around the world, political extremism—of forms Islamist, radical-right/ultranationalist, and radical-left/neocommunist—is on the rise. Why is this so and what can be…
Tiffany GabayHostThe U.S. has spent over at least the last 30 years since the first Gulf War, countless amounts of arms deals with Saudi Arabia.
And Saudi Arabia has been in a war with the Houthi terrorists since I want to say the mid 2010s.
One thing I think that the Saudis could do, of course, is turn to more of an alliance with the United States and Israel.
And I think their efforts to lean towards the Pakistanis and towards Turkey in the Mecca agreement is fatally flawed for a multitude of reasons, not least of which is that Turkey itself is led by a party, the AKP, which is a Muslim Brotherhood derivative.
And the ISI played an essential role in propping up the Taliban and other Islamist movements, for that matter, like the Haqqani Network.
And we were talking about this the other day, right? With this hit against Riyadh, one can only hope that they will start to make more sound decisions and much more wise alliances.
MBS has made some significant shifts, and the Saudis have made some significant shifts.
might not know, MBS is Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. has spent over at least the last 30 years since the first Gulf War, countless amounts of arms deals with Saudi Arabia.
And Saudi Arabia has been in a war with the Houthi terrorists since I want to say the mid 2010s.
One thing I think that the Saudis could do, of course, is turn to more of an alliance with the United States and Israel.
And I think their efforts to lean towards the Pakistanis and towards Turkey in the Mecca agreement is fatally flawed for a multitude of reasons, not least of which is that Turkey itself is led by a party, the AKP, which is a Muslim Brotherhood derivative.
And the ISI played an essential role in propping up the Taliban and other Islamist movements, for that matter, like the Haqqani Network.
And we were talking about this the other day, right? With this hit against Riyadh, one can only hope that they will start to make more sound decisions and much more wise alliances.
MBS has made some significant shifts, and the Saudis have made some significant shifts.
might not know, MBS is Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia.
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