Trump news at a glance: Saudi Arabia wants US to intensify its war on Iran – its regional rival
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Saudi intelligence source confirms reporting that crown prince has urged Trump to ramp up ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East

Saudi intelligence source confirms reporting that crown prince has urged Trump to ramp up ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East – key US politics stories from Friday 27 March at a glance

Saudi Arabia has urged the US to ramp up attacks on Iran, a Saudi intelligence source has confirmed, as it decides whether to join the fight directly.

The Saudi source confirmed reporting in the New York Times that said the kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has urged Donald Trump not to cut short his war against Iran, and that the US-Israeli campaign represented a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East.

The intelligence source said Riyadh was not just calling for the military campaign to be continued, but to be intensified. Trump appeared to confirm the report about the crown prince’s role, telling journalists on Tuesday: “Yeah, he’s a warrior. He’s fighting with us.”

Saudi Arabia and Iran, claiming leadership roles of the Sunni and Shia Islamic worlds respectively, have long been regional rivals. According to a leaked US state department cable, the crown prince’s paternal uncle King Abdullah urged the US military in 2008 to “cut off the head of the snake”, a reference to the theocratic regime in Tehran.

    • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 months ago

      No one likes Iran’s regime. They are real assholes, have been since 1979. Saudi Arabia isn’t much better.

      It’s smart that Saudi Arabia wants the USA to fight it’s fight in Iran. They spend a bunch of their GDP on the military and I haven’t heard of them firing a single missile in this war.

      edit: I guess we have some fans of the Iranian government. Y’all can go FYS. They are pricks, worse than SA or the USA. At least those two governments didn’t mow down people in the streets last month.