Finally discovered that Israel is not the worst in the Middle East, and the worst may be Saudi Arabia.
After the news of an Israeli fighter aircraft crossing Saudi airspace over Qatar on September 9, many were watching the reaction of Saudi Arabia.
This oil-rich man, who controls the global oil livestock, with a textbook-grade strategic silence, uncovers the ultimate code of the Middle East power game, and the real controller never appears in the most dense.
In the war room of the Saudi Air Defense Command, U.S. military technical advisers are retrieving radar data from September 9th. The screen shows that when the Israeli F-35I fighter plane passes through Saudi airspace, the fire control radar of the "Patriot-3" air defense system is always on standby.
This abnormality is not a technical failure, and Article 17 of the System Maintenance Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia and Raytheon in 2024 clearly states that the U.S. has the right to temporarily take over the defense system when it involves Israeli airspace operations.
What is even more intriguing is that three hours later, the Saudi air defense system showed an astonishing response speed of the missiles launched by the Houthi armed forces into Medina. Two "Sade" interceptors accurately tore the trajectory.
Saudi Arabia exports 1.8 million barrels of crude oil per day to the United States in exchange for not only arms orders, but also strategic immunities.
In 2025, 42% of Saudi defense budgets will be spent on US-made equipment, and the core power of these equipment is always in the hands of the U.S. Army in Saudi Arabia. Just as the U.S. promised Israel to break the “hot line” mechanism during the 1973 oil crisis, now Saudi Arabia uses the valve on the oil streamline to silently control the rules of war in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic wisdom has shown itself on the battlefield in Yemen.The military operation “Determination Storm” launched in 2015 lasted a decade and failed, but succeeded in limiting Iranian forces around Sanaa.
When international public opinion condemned its humanitarian catastrophe, Saudi Arabia silently reached a "oil-for-fire" agreement with Houthi armed forces, reducing the price of crude oil by $1.2 per thousand barrels in exchange for a 48-hour monthly ceasefire in the port of Hodeida.
Even more subtle is Israel’s “ice-fire double sky” strategy.In 2023, Saudi Arabia secretly authorized Israel to use its airspace to launch airstrikes against Syria in exchange for stopping its support for the Houthi armed forces.
This game of "using the enemy's enemy as a shield" reached its peak in the air strike in September 2025, acquiescing in Israel's attack on Hamas in Qatar, which not only weakened regional opponents, but also avoided direct conflict with Iran. Just like dromedary camels in the desert, Saudi Arabia can always find survival cracks in tit-for-tat contradictions.
While the world is still paying attention to military confrontation, Saudi Arabia has quietly launched a "secret oil war". In April 2025, Saudi Arabia suddenly announced that it would increase crude oil production to 13 million barrels per day, causing Brent crude oil prices to plummet by 18%.
On the surface, it is to deal with the impact of U.S. shale oil, but in fact it targets three targets: weakening Russia's energy revenue, forcing Iran to reduce its financial support for the Houthi armed forces, and paving the way for nuclear energy cooperation with Pakistan. This strategy of "strangling opponents with oil pipes" is more penetrating than any missile.
Saudi Arabia’s energy bills played even more hidden during the attack in Qatar.Three days before the incident, Saudi Aramco suddenly canceled supplies of 500,000 tons of LNG to Egypt, forcing Cairo to abstain in a UN Security Council vote on condemning Israel.
This operation of "buying diplomatic votes with energy bills" has left the Gulf nations collectively out of voice in condemning Israel. Just as medieval spice merchants controlled European courts with cinnamon, Saudi Arabia is rebuilding modern international relations with crude oil quotas.
Saudi ambitions reached a new high on September 17, 2025, when the Mutual Defense Agreement signed with Pakistan stipulates that any attack against one party will trigger a nuclear deterrence clause.
The clause appears to be aimed at Iran, and the reality is hidden in the hypothesis that Saudi Arabia offers Pakistan oil-dollar loans in exchange for the right to deploy medium-range missiles in the Indian Ocean.
Satellite images from the Pentagon show that Saudi Arabia is secretly building a mobile launch platform that can launch the "Eastern Wind-21D" in Jeddah Harbour.
Even more fun was Saudi Arabia’s manipulation of international rules.When Qatar asked the United States to explain the failure of the air defense system, the Riyadh embassy in the United States shouted: if the US started an investigation, Saudi Arabia would consider settling part of the crude oil transaction in yuan.
This threat of "kidnapping diplomacy with petroleum currency" forced the United States to change its mind 72 hours after the incident, saying that "technical failure is more likely". Just as the Venetian merchants in the Middle Ages used financial leverage to incite the Crusades, Saudi Arabia is rewriting the rules of modern warfare with oil financialization.
Saudi Arabia in the digital age is building an "oil blockchain". The "Petroleum Chain" platform launched in 2024 will upload the production, transportation, and transaction data of each barrel of crude oil to the chain in real time. When Qatar's natural gas is transported through this chain, Riyadh can accurately grasp the flow direction per cubic meter.
This innovation of "using data flow to control energy flow" has revived traditional energy hegemony. Just as the Venetian merchant invented the double-entry bookkeeping method to reshape the medieval financial system, Saudi Arabia is using digital technology to reshape the 21st century energy order.
Standing on the space-time coordinates of 2025, Saudi silence is more deterrent than any missile.The country with 17% of the world’s crude oil reserves is woven with oil dollars, energy channels and digital hegemony in a modern version of the “Ottoman Empire Dream.”
While the West is still arguing about "a rule-based international order", Riyadh's oil traders have long been insinuated: the real rules, written forever by those who control the energy valve.
After the news of an Israeli fighter aircraft crossing Saudi airspace over Qatar on September 9, many were watching the reaction of Saudi Arabia.
This oil-rich man, who controls the global oil livestock, with a textbook-grade strategic silence, uncovers the ultimate code of the Middle East power game, and the real controller never appears in the most dense.
In the war room of the Saudi Air Defense Command, U.S. military technical advisers are retrieving radar data from September 9th. The screen shows that when the Israeli F-35I fighter plane passes through Saudi airspace, the fire control radar of the "Patriot-3" air defense system is always on standby.
This abnormality is not a technical failure, and Article 17 of the System Maintenance Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia and Raytheon in 2024 clearly states that the U.S. has the right to temporarily take over the defense system when it involves Israeli airspace operations.
What is even more intriguing is that three hours later, the Saudi air defense system showed an astonishing response speed of the missiles launched by the Houthi armed forces into Medina. Two "Sade" interceptors accurately tore the trajectory.
Saudi Arabia exports 1.8 million barrels of crude oil per day to the United States in exchange for not only arms orders, but also strategic immunities.
In 2025, 42% of Saudi defense budgets will be spent on US-made equipment, and the core power of these equipment is always in the hands of the U.S. Army in Saudi Arabia. Just as the U.S. promised Israel to break the “hot line” mechanism during the 1973 oil crisis, now Saudi Arabia uses the valve on the oil streamline to silently control the rules of war in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic wisdom has shown itself on the battlefield in Yemen.The military operation “Determination Storm” launched in 2015 lasted a decade and failed, but succeeded in limiting Iranian forces around Sanaa.
When international public opinion condemned its humanitarian catastrophe, Saudi Arabia silently reached a "oil-for-fire" agreement with Houthi armed forces, reducing the price of crude oil by $1.2 per thousand barrels in exchange for a 48-hour monthly ceasefire in the port of Hodeida.
Even more subtle is Israel’s “ice-fire double sky” strategy.In 2023, Saudi Arabia secretly authorized Israel to use its airspace to launch airstrikes against Syria in exchange for stopping its support for the Houthi armed forces.
This game of "using the enemy's enemy as a shield" reached its peak in the air strike in September 2025, acquiescing in Israel's attack on Hamas in Qatar, which not only weakened regional opponents, but also avoided direct conflict with Iran. Just like dromedary camels in the desert, Saudi Arabia can always find survival cracks in tit-for-tat contradictions.
While the world is still paying attention to military confrontation, Saudi Arabia has quietly launched a "secret oil war". In April 2025, Saudi Arabia suddenly announced that it would increase crude oil production to 13 million barrels per day, causing Brent crude oil prices to plummet by 18%.
On the surface, it is to deal with the impact of U.S. shale oil, but in fact it targets three targets: weakening Russia's energy revenue, forcing Iran to reduce its financial support for the Houthi armed forces, and paving the way for nuclear energy cooperation with Pakistan. This strategy of "strangling opponents with oil pipes" is more penetrating than any missile.
Saudi Arabia’s energy bills played even more hidden during the attack in Qatar.Three days before the incident, Saudi Aramco suddenly canceled supplies of 500,000 tons of LNG to Egypt, forcing Cairo to abstain in a UN Security Council vote on condemning Israel.
This operation of "buying diplomatic votes with energy bills" has left the Gulf nations collectively out of voice in condemning Israel. Just as medieval spice merchants controlled European courts with cinnamon, Saudi Arabia is rebuilding modern international relations with crude oil quotas.
Saudi ambitions reached a new high on September 17, 2025, when the Mutual Defense Agreement signed with Pakistan stipulates that any attack against one party will trigger a nuclear deterrence clause.
The clause appears to be aimed at Iran, and the reality is hidden in the hypothesis that Saudi Arabia offers Pakistan oil-dollar loans in exchange for the right to deploy medium-range missiles in the Indian Ocean.
Satellite images from the Pentagon show that Saudi Arabia is secretly building a mobile launch platform that can launch the "Eastern Wind-21D" in Jeddah Harbour.
Even more fun was Saudi Arabia’s manipulation of international rules.When Qatar asked the United States to explain the failure of the air defense system, the Riyadh embassy in the United States shouted: if the US started an investigation, Saudi Arabia would consider settling part of the crude oil transaction in yuan.
This threat of "kidnapping diplomacy with petroleum currency" forced the United States to change its mind 72 hours after the incident, saying that "technical failure is more likely". Just as the Venetian merchants in the Middle Ages used financial leverage to incite the Crusades, Saudi Arabia is rewriting the rules of modern warfare with oil financialization.
Saudi Arabia in the digital age is building an "oil blockchain". The "Petroleum Chain" platform launched in 2024 will upload the production, transportation, and transaction data of each barrel of crude oil to the chain in real time. When Qatar's natural gas is transported through this chain, Riyadh can accurately grasp the flow direction per cubic meter.
This innovation of "using data flow to control energy flow" has revived traditional energy hegemony. Just as the Venetian merchant invented the double-entry bookkeeping method to reshape the medieval financial system, Saudi Arabia is using digital technology to reshape the 21st century energy order.
Standing on the space-time coordinates of 2025, Saudi silence is more deterrent than any missile.The country with 17% of the world’s crude oil reserves is woven with oil dollars, energy channels and digital hegemony in a modern version of the “Ottoman Empire Dream.”
While the West is still arguing about "a rule-based international order", Riyadh's oil traders have long been insinuated: the real rules, written forever by those who control the energy valve.