Protecting Saudi oil monarchy, not democracy, has driven US regional policy since WWII

Evidence

The US agenda in the Arab region has never been to promote democracy, as heralded by President Obama in his 2009 Cairo speech. Instead, the security of Washington’s rich clients and protégés, the Gulf’s oil monarchies—and particularly the Saudi kingdom, arguably the most antidemocratic and anti-women state on earth—has animated US policy since World War II. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 381

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Gulf oil monarchy security, not democracy, drives US Mideast policy; US policy in the MENA region consistently favored its geopolitical interests over democratic outcomes — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 367; Gulf oil monarchies’ security, not democracy, has animated US regional policy since WWII. (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Gulf oil monarchies’ security, not democracy, has animated US regional policy since WWII. #corroborates (1.00)
• Cold War and oil interests drove US support for autocratic allies #expands (0.85) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 298
• Bin Laden’s war on the U.S. was rooted in the Saudi oil-protection presence #exemplifies (0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2326
• Middle East oil control drives virtually every US regional intervention #qualifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 268