Will The Special Saudi-U.S. Relationship Survive? (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Before he was ever elected President, U.S. Senator Barack Obama referred to Saudis as “our so-called allies.” As president, Obama’s relationship with Saudi Arabia has stayed pretty much in that key. This week, he’s been in Saudi Arabia at a time when the “special relationship” with the US is super-strained. On ISIS, Iran, Syria, Yemen, oil, US fracking, the future of the Middle East and incendiary old suspicions over the Saudis and 9/11. This hour On Point: Obama in the Saudi kingdom. –Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/04/21/obama-saudi-us-trip