I understand they are supposed to support the Shia insurgency in Iran yes? Who supports the Sunni insurgency & why is Iraq this massive flashpoint anyway? Is Saudi Arabia really a 'moderate' gulf state and what does moderate mean anyway?
Al-Qaeda are Sunnis, Saudis are (Wahhabi-fundamentalist Sharia Law followers) Sunnis; Iran are Shia and export a large chunk of their black gold to China (whom they have big oil contracts with). Sunnis hate Shias and vice versa. China is expanding its military budget rapidly and is very dependant on oil imports. Regime change in Pakistan and/or Saudi Arabia would make it real interesting.
that would indicate things will go belly up and a whole bunch of people will die.
Yep (defence industries will make a quid tho).