MBS has done precisely what ⁦ @BarackObama⁩ thought impossible: “I’ve wondered sometimes whether there was a point when the Saudi monarchy reassessed its religious commitments acknowledging that Wahhabist fundamentalism was incompatible w/modernity” https://a.co/0ps69FU 

..and used its wealth/authority to steer Islam onto a gentler/more tolerant course. Probably not. The old ways were too deeply embedded, and as tensions with fundamentalists grew royals.....

....may have accurately concluded that religious reform would lead inevitably to uncomfortable political and economic reform as well"

Maybe some Democrats can pause for a moment (on their high horse) and absorb what their mentor has said and how this task has actually been largely achieved in 4 years with minimal coercion/violence in comparison to virtually all other such tumultuous historical transformations.