Richard Goldberg
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 11 Jul
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So you never really know, especially from the Saudis or Emiratis, what they're going to say behind the scenes.
We see reports and leaks claiming that they're opposing it, trying to talk the Trump administration out of anything.
Certainly, that would be the public stance for all of these governments, right?
They don't want to be the target of retaliation.
They don't want their energy infrastructure hit, whether it's because the U.S.
hit Iranian infrastructure.
And the best way to disrupt the market would be to go take Saudi oil offline very quickly.
So the Saudis have a reason to say, hey, we're not a part of this.
You know, nobody's using our airspace.
Don't look over here.
Just keep it with Donald Trump, not us, because they may know something is coming and they want to try to distance themselves, whether that would work or not.
You know, TBD.
But at the same time.
There is something to be sort of questioned of if you are yourself a dictatorship, you happen to be allied with the United States and partnered with the United States, going back to pre-Cold War and during the Cold War for strategic reasons.
And it's a good relationship, but it's still a monarchy and it's a pretty tough rule dictatorship with not any dissent tolerated.
There might be one thing to see your nuclear extortion threat taken off the table, maybe some missiles taken off the table, but to actually see a regime toppled by the people, that spreads.
People see that, even if you're a Sunni dictatorship instead of the Shia dictatorship.
So there could be some strategic reasons why they want Iran weak.
but not gone.
They can at least understand what they have there.
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