Who saw this coming? Well, just about anyone whose been paying attention: The Saudis have decided the Middle East strong horse is Vlad Putin, not B. Hussein Obama.
The Saudis have apparently judged President Obama to be rudderless in his Middle East policies, judging by their recent diplomatic moves toward Russia: They appear to have plied Putin with a deal to collude in the global oil market, while also urging him to distance himself from Syria’s Butcher Assad.
Rumors that Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia had met with Putin in July have been swirling about for weeks, but the Kremlin has now acknowledged that the meeting did in fact take place.This was entirely foreseeable and foreseen. I wrote 11 days ago that this was coming and I don't think I was the first one.
I also will immodestly point out that you did see it this first in that post:
It is not impossible to imagine even Israel gravitating toward Moscow, although it will never do so overtly. The Islamic threat to Israel gives Moscow and Jerusalem a natural affinity of interests. With Riyadh and Moscow being buddies, the Israeli government may even think that triangulating between the two capitals would make strategic sense.
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