War with Iran?

[Dill]

(09-23-2019, 04:08 PM)GMDino Wrote:

LOL I wouldn't say SA "sponsored" the attacks, as Al Qaeda was almost as much the royal family's enemy as ours.

They are responsible for spreading Wahabism though, and indirectly encouraging ever more extreme Salafism.

Iran's "revolutionary" Islam is a political threat to SA and Sunni states run by traditional elites, and a direct threat to Israel in the form of proxies such as Hezbollah and Hamas. So Iran is much more a threat to them than to the US.  Or was, anyway.  The logic of their situation vis a vis Iran made it imperative for both SA and Israel to keep the US and Iran in conflict, with the US keeping a lid on via sanctions and encircling military bases and deployments.

The Iran Deal removed the lid. The prospect of a non-nuclear but prosperous Iran made that a "very bad deal" indeed for Israel and SA. But replacing the lid now looks bad for all.