{"id":403444,"date":"2019-04-21T01:20:47","date_gmt":"2019-04-21T00:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-us-should-get-ready-for-king-mohammed-bin-salman-consortiumnews\/"},"modified":"2019-04-21T01:20:47","modified_gmt":"2019-04-21T00:20:47","slug":"the-us-should-get-ready-for-king-mohammed-bin-salman-consortiumnews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/the-us-should-get-ready-for-king-mohammed-bin-salman-consortiumnews\/","title":{"rendered":"The US Should Get Ready for King Mohammed bin Salman \u2013 Consortiumnews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Riyadh finds it outrageous that American lawmakers are trying to meddle in Saudi Arabia\u2019s succession, writes Giorgio Cafiero.<span id=\"more-35312\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35319\" style=\"width: 1567px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Protest_after_murder_of_Jamal_Khashoggi-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Protest_after_murder_of_Jamal_Khashoggi-1.jpg\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35319\" alt=\"Istanbul protesters outside Consulate General of Saudi Arabia following the murder of Khashoggi. (Hilmi Hacaloglu, VOA via Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"1557\" height=\"701\"  \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35319\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35319\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Protest_after_murder_of_Jamal_Khashoggi-1.jpg\" alt=\"Istanbul protesters outside Consulate General of Saudi Arabia following the murder of Khashoggi. (Hilmi Hacaloglu, VOA via Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"1557\" height=\"701\"  \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-35319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Istanbul protesters outside Consulate General of Saudi Arabia following the murder of Khashoggi.<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"> (Hilmi Hacaloglu, VOA via Wikimedia Commons)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>By Giorgio Cafiero<br \/><\/strong><em>Special to Consortium News<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GiorgioCafiero-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GiorgioCafiero-1-100x100.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-35315\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-35315\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GiorgioCafiero-1-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/><\/noscript><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><strong>S<\/strong><\/span>ince the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, some American lawmakers have assumed the right and moral authority to dictate the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia\u2019s succession line-up. In November, Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2018\/11\/21\/lindsey_graham_to_saudi_arabia_replace_mbs_with_someone_who_is_not_crazy.html\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">accused<\/span> <\/a>Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) of being \u201ccrazy\u201d and asserted that \u201che needs to go.\u201d Such rhetoric is significant given that the U.S. has not meddled in the Al Saud family\u2019s internal power struggles since the 1960s. But regardless of the preferences that some politicians in Washington may have regarding Saudi Arabia\u2019s succession, the U.S. will likely have to accept dealing with a King Mohammed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">MbS\u2019s ascendancy, which began in 2015, has transformed Saudi Arabia. Gone is Saudi Arabia\u2019s traditional model of leadership of the pre-MbS era that was based on collective decision-making and consensus building among a large group of princes. By virtue of how much power MbS possesses, it is difficult to imagine any credible challenge to his rule, or position in the succession lineup, no matter the pressure Washington might try to impose.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_35317\" style=\"width: 1025px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/33971294553_b7f1901d35_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/lazy-load\/images\/1x1.trans.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/33971294553_b7f1901d35_o.jpg\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35317\" class=\" wp-image-35317\" alt=\"President Donald Trump with MbS in March 2017. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)\" width=\"1015\" height=\"676\"  \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35317\" class=\" wp-image-35317\" src=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/33971294553_b7f1901d35_o.jpg\" alt=\"President Donald Trump with MbS in March 2017. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)\" width=\"1015\" height=\"676\"  \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-35317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Trump with MbS in March 2017.<\/span> (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Even before the Khashoggi affair, MbS\u2019s power in Riyadh was so consolidated that the millennial prince faced virtually no constraints from other members of the Al Saud family. In recent months, MbS has only further consolidated his power in the Kingdom despite all the criticisms that MbS has received from lawmakers in the U.S. following the CIA\u2019s conclusion that he ordered Khashoggi\u2019s murder. Not even the political fallout of the journalist\u2019s slaying last year has caused MbS to ease his internal crackdown, or even his <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/02\/02\/middleeast\/saudi-refugees-intl\/index.html\">targeting<\/a> of Saudi dissidents overseas with efforts to lure them back to the Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Thus, given that the Saudi security&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/consortiumnews.com\/2019\/04\/20\/the-us-should-get-ready-for-king-mohammed-bin-salman\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riyadh finds it outrageous that American lawmakers are trying to meddle in Saudi Arabia\u2019s succession, writes Giorgio Cafiero. Istanbul protesters outside Consulate General of Saudi Arabia following the murder of Khashoggi. (Hilmi Hacaloglu, VOA via Wikimedia Commons) By Giorgio CafieroSpecial to Consortium News Since the murder of Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2612,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-403444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2612"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}