re: #65 Sand Panda

Those that have the money to escape KSA do so; leaving their more unfortunate countrymen to the tender mercies of the Mutaween, whilst they enjoy the decadent western pleasures they so fiercely rail against in public.

That’s one of the appalling things in those books- how hypocritical the royals and elites are. The royals live in fear that their people will wise up and revolt. It’s the only reason they ever crack down on terrorists in their midst- because they were the targets.