"The country is the birthplace of Islam, but increasingly the main challenge to Saudi
national security is Islamist fundamentalism(controlling it,demonizing it ,all while directing it). Saudi Arabia holds the world's largest oil reserves, but a growing number of Saudis are unemployed and living poverty. For morethan half a century the kingdom has been an ally to the United States. However […]one f the major problems facing the Saudi leaders has been how to explain to theirdomestic constituency their close cooperation with the [Zionist Ran]United States, Israel's closest ally".