Saudi reforms

The enthusiasm by Western governments towards "Saudi reforms" has been just sickening but typical.  US government could not wait to shower praise on the King.  Yet, if you think about it, the new Saudi reforms (and much more) have been integrated in Ba`thist tyrannical systems for decades.  So even with the reforms, Saudi Arabia is still behind political development in Ba`thist regimes--Ba`thist for potato's sake.