Iranian demonstrators chant slogans during a protest denouncing the execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr Photo: Vahid Salemi/AP
The Saudi monarchy is increasingly fearful that it could fall prey to the Frankenstein monster it has unleashed in the form of groups such as ISIS and the Al Nusra Front, whose Wahabi religious ideology and mass beheadings are modeled after the state terror imposed in Saudi Arabia itself
The cozy US relationship with the Saudis has to do with oil, weapons sales and joint opposition to Iran. But with extremism spreading through the globe, a reduced US need for Saudi oil, and a thawing of US relations with Iran, now is the time to start calling for the US government to sever its ties with the Saudi monarchs.
By Medea Benjamin
Image: Saudi Arabian officials display the beheaded bodies of five Yemeni nationals. Photo: The Commentator.
