Neck of the woods

“In a message sent by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Prince Saud Al-Faisal, to The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the recent unfortunate terrorist acts suffered by the Kingdom of Bahrain were denounced, Prince Saud said that both the Saudi government and people condemned the terrorist incidents that accrued in Manama recently, where blasts resulted in the death and wounding of innocent people. He stressed that his Government was united with Bahrain in combating terrorism in all its forms and all those who support such crimes, wishing the country and its people further security and prosperity..…………”

Okay. Apparently Absolute Prince Saud Al-Faisal Al-Saud, foreign minister of some forty years, is apparently alive and well. Why shouldn’t he be, since he is neither in Morocco nor in New York? In case you’ve been living on another planet: senior Saudi princes usually go to New York for medical treatment, after which they return to Morocco either to recover or to die (sometimes they do both: recover and die). The Prince is wishing the Al-Khalifa clan of Bahrain well (I probably wouldn’t, not yet). Many Happy Repressive returns. Great. Thanks, prince.
(FYI: junior princes live much longer; they don’t start hitting Morocco until middle-age. Unfortunately they keep multiplying, what with multiple wives and nothing else to do in Riyadh besides conjugal bliss, hopefully. As they multiply, they keep on sucking more of the resources of the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. The Bahrain shaikhs don’t have access to similar resources, but they do wonders with what little resources their blighted island is blessed with. They manage to suck off more of less, quite a feat, and no pun was intended, and I am just referring to a form of financial fellatio).

Cheers
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