Good article on the Kung Fu Kaliph. aka Tahnoon. There are some serious sheikh-ups (insert groan here) going on in the magic kingdom right now. Tahnoon's job is to smooth them over before they get discovered. Too late. ft.com/content/ce0991…
It kinda reminds of the Ritz Carlton when the fat man invited everyone to be hung upside down until enough coinage fell out to make everyone happy. Ergo my verbs to be "ritzcarltoned". Every customer leaves happy and a little ligther. bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Nayhans are trying to keep their own version of the Ritz Carlton quiet (they are too cheap to pay for a 5 star hotel for everyone, so their "guests" are requested to stay home...under guard) When it's over it's going to be a hell of a story. english.alaraby.co.uk/news/saudi-pri…
Somebody is also stirring the feudal pot. Trying to split MBz and Tahnoon which I doubt is happeneing. It was not so long ago that the most likely way for a Nahyan to die was by fratricide not natural causes. intelligenceonline.com/international-…
The complex relationship between mercenaries, families, business and foreign intrigue kinda feels like the Godfather movies. It's actually worth a dive into the old stories of King Shakbut to understand how a hardscrabble family rises to wealthy and power in less than a century. 
Much of this current turmoil centers around the foreign adventuring the Nayhans and Saudi embarked on with Trump turning a blind eye to their global fuckery. A lot of money was spent. A lot of money went missing.
Not many people notice when Emirati and Saudi mercenaries get killed across Africa or Yemen. Even less people notice when they hire Wagner to get killed. janes.com/defence-news/r…
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