as far as i know Saudia never claimed to be a super power or in making.. they dont have that type of thinking.. if they do.. then must not forget that our two holy cities are there and we can intervene if saudia is going the wrong line..
and.. saudia is happy that they have the most destructive weapon of all times.. Oil Bomb..they dont need to become a super power to protect it interests.
Simple is that.
Reference: Oil Bomb
1973 oil crisis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I dont think the Saudis have ever claimed that they are going to be super power, but it was one of the members here who claimed this on behalf of the Saudis. My posts were a reation to the commment of that member and thats it. Besides that, the americans have now learned their lessons in 1970s and they wont face the same situation again, they have a tight grip on iraqi and kuait oil and they have made sure that the saudis wont do anything silly as well. and we havent seen such a move from saudis for the last 3-4 decades and i am sure we wont see it.