1/2: #SaudiArabia: Riyadh entertains going East to Beijing and not West to DC & what is to be done? Orde Kittrie, FDD
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1/2: #SaudiArabia: Riyadh entertains going East to Beijing and not West to DC & what is to be done? Orde Kittrie, FDD
https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2023/04/28/the-united-states-and-saudi-arabia/
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| 0:00.0 | Dad, I'm hungry! |
| 0:01.5 | Right, what do I cook for tea? |
| 0:03.0 | Errr, McCain chips. These will be good. |
| 0:05.2 | You know they'll come out nice and crispy if you cook them in a rye fryer. |
| 0:08.1 | Just say, Alexa, open McCain and Alexa will help you. |
| 0:12.0 | What? You mean if I say Alexa, open McCain, Alexa will open the bag of chips for me. |
| 0:16.4 | Not literally open the bag of chips for your dad, but Alexa can tell you how to cook them |
| 0:20.5 | and give you ideas for tea. |
| 0:21.9 | Ah, okay. Alexa, open McCain. |
| 0:24.4 | Well done, dad. Such a tech wizard. |
| 0:26.5 | Chip, chip hooray. |
| 0:27.6 | Crispy air fryer perfection with McCain. |
| 0:35.1 | This is CBS, I'm the world. I'm John Bachelors. |
| 0:38.0 | Saudi Arabia, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, led by the Crown Prince, |
| 0:42.1 | MBS, affectionately known, Muhammad bin Salman. |
| 0:45.4 | I welcome Ord Kichri of the foundation for the defense of democracies, |
| 0:49.8 | who with his colleagues have produced a measure of Saudi Arabia right now here in the 21st century |
| 0:55.8 | in the year 2023. And the contest apparently underway between major powers over Saudi Arabia's |
| 1:03.9 | affections needs circumstances. |
| 1:08.0 | In the piece at FDD, I go to quotes that are revelatory, I believe, one from two Wall Street |
| 1:14.9 | journal correspondence, Stephen Callan and Summers Aide, in March of this year. |
| 1:21.3 | Quote, the Crown Prince, MBS, has said he expects that by playing major powers against each other, |
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