Right. Saudi Arabia and Iran are in a tiff. The Saudis just broke off diplomatic relations with Iran. Saudi is a long time friend of the US, Iran is a long time enemy.
So what does Obama do? Does he back up the Saudis? No way, he calls for "restraint" on both sides.
Especially as Iran is a much stronger country than Saudi. All Saudi has going for it is oil, and the money it brings. Saudi has no industry to speak of, a minute population, their national territory is a desert, they have to import everything. Iran is right next door, the sea in between them is so small as to permit passage in a canoe.
The Iranians have ten or fifty times the population of Saudi and enough industry to build nukes. And plenty of oil.
And we expect middle east Arab countries to send troops to defeat ISIS when we won't even back up a long time friend like Saudi?
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