Oil money has made the leaders of Saudi Arabia less extreme. (Aside from the odd journalistic kidnapping, torture, and dismemberment...)
And why should it not? They have money, respect, and as posh of a lifestyle as can be bought.
But below the leaders, there's a lot of royal middle management with access to enough money to easily fund terrorism in the amounts we're talking about. And those people absolutely don't have the geopolitical pragmatism of their higher-ups.
And why should it not? They have money, respect, and as posh of a lifestyle as can be bought.
But below the leaders, there's a lot of royal middle management with access to enough money to easily fund terrorism in the amounts we're talking about. And those people absolutely don't have the geopolitical pragmatism of their higher-ups.