# The Saudi Palace Coup

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudi-palace-coup/718803>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 29, 2015, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudi-palace-coup/718803 "2015-04-29T13:13:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudi-palace-coup/718803/21 "2015-05-01T14:54:17Z")

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> [@MorphinePoet](#):
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> … This goes beyond just ‘alienating’ some prominent emirs and goes into a zone in which no collective royal wisdom or mediation will deter harsh reactions. …

You mean the royal wisdom that beats woman for what they wear? Or kills them for having an affair?

Yeah, that wisdom will be sorely missed.

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudi-palace-coup/718803/22 "2015-05-01T16:20:01Z")

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More news: [The state-owned oil company Aramco is being restructured, separated from the oil ministry.](http://www.bbc.com/news/business-32552594)

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**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudi-palace-coup/718803/23 "2015-05-01T16:40:27Z")

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Yes, the Saudi government is proudly marching into the 18th Century!

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**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-saudi-palace-coup/718803/24 "2015-05-02T04:11:52Z")

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> [@AK84](#):
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> They fucked up in Yemen. Royally. This is the results. Its like Israel after 2006 Lebanon.

I don’t agree, hardly a F up. A better example would be Russia’s adventure in Ukraine or Iran’s F up in Syria.

Iran is on the back foot regionally, the nuke deal is what they have going.

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