Another Take On The BAE Saudi Arabia Arms Deal

-- -- Not for the first time, Saudi Arabia has demonstrated that it can use its political and financial power. -- --

By Said K. Aburish

Instead of buying arms to protect their country, it was the commissions to members of the royal family and to their counterparts on the this side which mattered. As we saw when Saddam invaded Kuwait in 1990, the Saudis paid the Americans and their partners in the coalition to protect them and eject Saddam from Kuwait. Coming on top of arms deals like Yamama this means the Saudis pay for protection twice.

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