Statistical Unlikeliness
OK... Why do I have the impression a lot of people will benefit from his death? Especially since since last month's reforms, the new crown prince will be chosen by some kind of council, and not be selected as before (brothers then sons IIRC). Could be very interesting to see who is chosen, how and if the current King decides to continue his reforms even further.
As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero.
Apparently Prince Nayef is favourite to become the next heir. That has good news and bad news - the bad news is that he's a conservative who is close to Wahhabi clerics. The good news is that he's 78 and might give way to someone else fairly soon.
And let us pray that come it may (As come it will for a' that)
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Looks like we're living in interesting times...
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Interesting is a bad thing when we're talking about international politics.
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Hmm... maybe. For now, though, the interesting times haven't reached me over here; hopefully if they do, I'll be in a position to do something about it.
Enjoy the ride.
I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.
More like giant cherries
Pretty much the entire Saudi royal family is really old.
What will happen if they all die? Succession crises? A coup? Civil war?
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It sure is 18th centurish in here.
edited 22nd Oct '11 10:42:44 PM by Baff
I will always cherish the chance of a new beggining.
There are over 2000 members of the royal family. They'll be fine.
If I remember correctly the Crown Prince was one of the more liberal members of the Saudi Royal family.
Both him and Nayef are more conservative that the current King. Even if not, they might still repeal the reforms because both of them are from the Sudairi Seven (the largest faction of full brothers among the many many many sons of King Abdulaziz) and Abdullah is not.
Part of me suspects that the conservativeness of the crown prince might have just been an aspect he was portraying. You have one guy just being more conservative because he can afford to be or because it is helpful to the family to have someone be portrayed as such. But when the crown hits your head (well I don't think they have a crown but anyway) you have to really consider both sides of the argument and allow for them both.
Lord forgive me for saying this but it's a bit like how Prince Charles is more able to shoot his mouth off than the Queen.
Also, as a Saudi prince once said to me: the royal family is the most liberal faction in the entire country. They want to change it but only as much as they can. "More conservative" can just be a relative turn.
Thats a good point. All IS relative...
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/22/world/meast/saudi-arabia-prince-dead/
The man who was to replace the current King of Saudi Arabia has passed away.
This has, needless to say, alot of political implications. Namely, with regards to the recent reforms Abdullah put in place, since Sultan was known to dislike these particular reforms. This also has implications for the entire line of succession.