In this episode of Breaking History, Gordon and I discuss the history of Saudi Arabia, the Muslim Brotherhood, British intrigue and the fight between two opposing currents pulling the Arab world towards depopulation, radicalism and fascism on one hand and a pro-growth renaissance on the other hand.
What are the battles within Saudi Arabia's intelligentsia represented by these two factions?
Why was the Saudi king Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud assassinated in 1975?
How did the Muslim Brotherhood work to undermine Nasser's pro-industrial development vision for Pan Arabism, and how did that same organization work with radical zionists to undermine the 1979 Camp David Accords for a Two State Solution culminating in the murder of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in 1981?
Why was Saudi Arabia targetted for regime change by the neo-cons and outlined in Richard Perle's Clean Break Doctrine of 1996 (along with Iraq, Libya, Syria, Lebanon and Iran)?
What is the character of the deep state in Saudi Arabia (represented by Prince Bandar Sultan) and how has that swamp been drained since the accession into power of MbS in 2017? What about Egypt and Turkey?
These questions and much more are addressed in this week's episode of Breaking History.
This was really very good guys. Everyone should be following all 3 of you guys considering the collective knowledge you have - on Badlands, your Substacks, websites and other independent media.
I have found my interest in history has grown tremendously since I discovered Matthews work a while back. Glad to see Gordon now in the mix bringing his perspective in on many things that have occurred in history.
Badlands Media needs to promote this segment much more because to understand present day and the current global political scene you must have at least an understanding of what went before us in the past. People might be less inclined to have judgements on political and cultural events when they have no understanding of the core history of the global players.
A great show gentlemen. 👍