They don't. Although they do have a lot in common with IS, they only support non-IS insurgents in Syria. Islamic State has no friends at this stage.
I actually think we're on the same page here - a government can publicly have one position, while it's people have another.
Are you implying that government officials are funding ISIS? Or do you mean "government" as in "the country is governed by its people"?
If it's the former, please provide evidence. If it's the latter, recall that KSA is a full-blown monarchy, so the people != the ruling elite.
My point is that a government can have a public position, even actively fight for it - however at the same time, it's private citizens (both in the gov and not) can have another position.
This is a larger topic than HN can and should be host to ... thanks for the debate.
Perhaps, but when you make such statements, the burden of proof is on you.
> My point is that a government can have a public position, even actively fight for it
I'm sure that there probably are ISIS apologists among Saudis - I'd argue that they are few in number - but it's nonetheless important to make the distinction between the government and regular citizens. Furthermore, you seem to be ignoring the fact that such activity is outright illegal, so it's not as if the government is OK with Saudi ISIS supporters.
We love selling them cluster bombs.