Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman appears to be making a blunt calculation about the US-Iran war: the biggest threat to Saudi Arabia may not be the fighting alone, but a conflict that ends before Iran is weakened enough to stop threatening the Gulf.According to the New York Times, MBS has urged President Donald Trump in recent conversations to keep pressing the war, arguing that the US-Israeli campaign offers a “historic opportunity” to reshape the Middle East. The Wall Street Journal too reported that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are alarmed by Trump’s appetite for a diplomatic deal that could leave Iran battered but still capable of projecting force across the Gulf.
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