Yawn. One dimwit replacing another.

Outing of incompetent Nayef indicates that campaign against Daesh/ISIL is not going well. It also means it will go worse under untested Salman.

With Iran-Saudi and US-Russia rivalry rife, and Saudi fate in young hands, the ME future is a foregone conclusion. Out with US, Saudi, in with Russia, Iran, and Turkey. The West is on the wrong side of history.

Saudi Arabia represents 1400 years history of "the religion of peace" - father following son in Kaliphate or Monarchy in futile pursuit of gore, glory, conquest, and colonialism, just to live off other people's money (OPM) by imposing Tariffs (Arabic word of Kaliphate origin) by controlling world trade and closing the Silk Road. Maggie Thatcher famously said the trouble with OPM is that it soon runs out.