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The speaker says Saudi Arabia tried to resolve internal conflict with Wahhabis by exporting Wahhabism globally, including through Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and the formation of Al-Qaeda.
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The speaker says Saudi Arabia tried to resolve internal conflict with Wahhabis by exporting Wahhabism globally, including through Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and the formation of Al-Qaeda.
"...by the expansion of the Islamic State. So for example, Osama bin Laden was a Saudi citizen responsible for spreading Wahhabism in Afghanistan. And..."
"...statistic that one quarter of young Americans now believe that Osama bin Laden was a good guy, okay? And, you know, when I grew..."
A source-grounded reading of the episode's central claim: Saudi Arabia's rivalry with Iran moved from religion and oil into proxy war, exposed the kingdom's fragile infrastructure, and made a Trump-led America the weapon Saudi...
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