Roosevelt believed Saudi cooperation could be purchased outright.

Evidence

With that said, Franklin Roosevelt could still blithely declare that he “could do anything that needed to be done with Ibn Saud with a few million dollars.” — Rob Nixon, Slow Violence and the Environmentalism…, 259

Categorization

• CANDY: A striking one-line historical fact for casual conversation about how casually imperial powers priced allegiance.
• XREF: connects to: US officials expected Afghanistan under Taliban rule to mirror Saudi subordination — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 1153; US officials in the 1990s accepted Taliban rule as a workable Saudi-style partner — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 1153; Protecting Saudi oil monarchy, not democracy, has driven US regional policy since WWII — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 381

Broader Connections

• US officials in the 1990s accepted Taliban rule as a workable Saudi-style partner #exemplifies (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 1153
• US officials expected Afghanistan under Taliban rule to mirror Saudi subordination #exemplifies (0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 1153
• Protecting Saudi oil monarchy, not democracy, has driven US regional policy since WWII #expands (0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 381