Suadi Arabia, the day after tomorow
James Joyner has a good roundup of what's next for the kingdom.

It is not at all clear that the Saudi royals can buck the imams and survive, and making war on al Qaeda without alienating the imams is a neat trick indeed.

The problem is further compounded by the fact that the Wahabbist clerics are literally co-rulers of the country with the royals. The clerics are junior partners with well-defined governmental jurisdiction, but they are very influential religiously (of course) and very powerful politically.

James also has an interesting post, with picture!, of the new Combat Digital Assistant, a militarized PDA. Junior officers are enthusiastic about it. "This is the Nintendo generation at war."

by Donald Sensing, 6/21/2004 08:12:16 PM. Permalink |