Caliphate Spreading to Saudi Arabia

It was only a matter of time before the radical Islamic fascist went after Saudi Arabia and their sometimes pro-western dictatorship. The Saudi police wasted no time opening fire on the protesters. If the protesters are successful gasoline prices will spike even more dramatically. $10 a gallon gasoline would be possible. Like Wisconsin is the key battle in America against the tyranny of the union thugs and Obama so too is the battle in the Middle East over Saudi Arabia.

In the end even if the Islamic fascist win in Saudi Arabia whoever controls the country will want to open the supply of oil to the west. Money is green all over the world. But the damage will have been done to the American and European economies.

All the violence and power struggle in the Middle East, Venezuela and Libya could be over almost instantaneously if we had leadership in Washington.

How?

Let’s pretend Palin is president. Or Christie if you like. They call a press conference. At the press conference they announce that the Department of Interior will accept, review and grant all drilling applications on a first come first serve basis anywhere in the United States. Oil futures would drop from $105 a barrel to $30 or $40 dollars overnight.

How?

Oil is priced on the FUTURES market. If the world oil producing community knew the US was committed to drilling everywhere and anywhere soon, very soon there would be a huge drop in the futures market based on the fact that there would be plentiful, safe and secure supplies coming onto the world market.

Oil is like drug money. It is a cheap easy way to get rich quick. Is it a coincidence that dictatorships form around oil producing countries? Venezuela, Libya, Russia, Saudi Arabia and so forth. When a commodity dominates a economy, diamonds, wheat back in the Roman times, the chances of a dictatorship increase dramatically because those with access to money and power grab control over the means of production and government. Government becomes a tool used by the wealthy. Usually the most oppressive governments feed the ignorant masses propaganda about shared sacrifice and greedy capitalist while hording all the wealth for themselves like Chavez in Venezuela or the Saudi Royal Family.

So what happens to these dictatorships when oil permanently drops to $40, $30 or even $20 a barrel? They die and blow away. The violence and radicalism stops. Why fight and die over a few bucks? People stop killing in the name of some perverted founder of a perverted religion that endorses child rape. People regain their sanity. The dictators lose their power and the average person lives in peace. It could all happen if we had leadership in Washington. The nightmare could be gone. It will never happen because the political elite do not want there to be peace and stability.

Saudi police open fire at protest

By SARAH EL DEEB
The Associated Press
Thursday, March 10, 2011; 2:49 PM

CAIRO — Saudi police opened fire Thursday to disperse a protest in the mainly Shiite east, leaving at least one man injured, as the government struggled to prevent a wave of unrest sweeping the Arab world from reaching the kingdom.

The rare violence raised concern about a crackdown ahead of more planned protests after Friday prayers in different cities throughout the oil-rich kingdom. The pro-Western monarchy is concerned protests could open footholds for Shiite powerhouse Iran and has accused foreigners of stoking the protests, which are officially forbidden.

Despite the ban and a warning that security forces will act against them, protesters demanding the release of political prisoners took to the streets for a second day in the eastern city of Qatif. Several hundred protesters, some wearing face masks to avoid being identified, marched after dark asking for “Freedom for prisoners.”

Police, who were lined up opposite the protesters, fired percussion bombs, followed by gunfire, causing the crowd to scatter, a witness said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of government retaliation.

The witness said at least one protester was injured and lifted by others to a car for treatment. It was not clear how the protester was injured.

Scores of protesters in Qatif had also marched in the city streets Wednesday night.

Mainly Sunni Saudi Arabia has struggled to stay ahead of the unrest that has led to the ouster of the Egyptian and Tunisian leaders in recent months.

Last month, the ultra-conservative government announced an unprecedented economic package worth an estimated $36 billion that will give Saudis interest-free home loans, unemployment assistance and debt forgiveness. It also has reiterated that demonstrations are forbidden in the kingdom because they contradict Islamic laws and society’s values and said security forces were authorized to act against anyone violating the ban.

So far the demonstrations have been small and concentrated in the east among Shiites demanding the release of detainees. But activists have been emboldened by other uprisings have set up Facebook groups calling for protests in the capital, Riyadh, on Friday to demand democratic reforms. One such group garnered more than 30,000 supporters.

The spread of calls for protests, particularly outside the generally tense eastern Saudi Arabia, home to the country’s Shiite minority, has prompted government officials to issue strong warnings that it will act against activists taking to the streets.

Amnesty International called on Saudi authorities to reverse the ban on peaceful protests in the kingdom.

Philip Luther, a spokesman for the international rights group, said authorities should address the need for major human rights reforms and heed the growing calls for change instead of trying to intimidate protesters.

“Reports that the Saudi authorities plan to deploy troops to police upcoming demonstrations are very worrying,” he said.

The Interior Ministry has banned demonstrations, saying they contradict Islamic laws and society’s values and adding that some people have tried to go around the law to “achieve illegitimate aims.”

“Reform cannot be achieved through protests … The best way to achieve demands is through national dialogue,” Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saudi al-Faisal said Wednesday.