The Clown Prince

Askia Wejd

Dhu al-Qa'dah 08, 1438 2017-08-01

Letters To The Editor

by Askia Wejd (Letters To The Editor, Crescent International Vol. 46, No. 6, Dhu al-Qa'dah, 1438)

He destroys everything he touches. Mohammed bin Salman was recently elevated to the position of “crown prince” by his ailing and demented father, Salman ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz. Or did he? Salman does not even remember what he had for breakfast. He often falls asleep during meetings, the few that he attends, and has to be wheeled out in a wheelchair to bed.

Bin Salman (BS) has essentially manipulated the court of which he is directly in charge. Who is there to challenge him while his father is around? And this gives clue to yet another decree the king is supposed to have signed handing over all security matters into the “safe” hands of his ignorant and incompetent, but hugely ambitious son. Who says this is nepotism?

It wasn’t BS that messed up in Syria or Yemen. And it was the Qataris that did not fall into line when ordered to comply so BS had to do something, right? We may yet be lucky to see this despicable family overthrown and the people of the Arabian Peninsula liberated from the clutches of the Najdi head-choppers.

Askia Wejd
Terra Haute, IN, US