[Vision2020] 10-20-22 The Intercept: "SAUDIS SOUGHT OIL PRODUCTION CUT SO DEEP IT SURPRISED EVEN RUSSIA"

[Ted Moffett]

https://theintercept.com/2022/10/20/saudi-oil-production-cut/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter

"...MBS is even more Putinian than Putin?"

The implications of this deceptively simple wording are vast!  For example:

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/15/a-fist-bump-at-the-palace-biden-squares-off-with-mbs-00046106
"Biden fist bump with MBS triggers backlash"
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Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett
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Short excerpt from the Intercept article:

Saudi Arabia, a putative ally, pushed for even deeper cuts than what
Russia, a U.S. adversary, even believed they could get away with, the
sources said. “People in D.C. think MBS is siding with Putin, but I think *MBS
is even more Putinian than Putin,” *one of the sources, a Saudi close to
the royal family, said, referring to Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown
Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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