Basically, the Saudi Crown Prince will either consolidate power or spark civil war. No one knows which. But either has huge implications.https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/927215722702438401 …
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It's not clear Saudis can win, even with greater US support. They haven't gotten close to stabilizing Yemen, and pushed Qatar closer to Iran
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This could spark regional war. And as former SecDef Bob Gates put it, the Saudis are always ready to fight the Iranians to the last American
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Unclear how much is Trump admin strategy or if the president's being manipulated. But US is going all in on the Saudis either way. (END)
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Quite clear that each of Trump's foreign policy team has wanted war with Iran for some time.
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That's what concerns me. US hegemony had it's downsides. I don't know that US backing of Saudi hegemony is any better.
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Not sure how Kushner just dropping by is abandoning that, in context of what it would take to balance Iran.
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Seems the proxy wars of KSA vs. Iran are soon to be actual war.
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