Tell me what ‘interest’ we have with the Saudis? Are you saying they won’t ‘sell’ oil to us? Fine. It’s not like they’re giving us oil - they SELL to us. If we stopped paying , they would stop selling to us. It’s a business relationship. It’s not worth dying for. You’re a smart person Rockinham - so if you can give me ONE reason why we should die for the House of Saud, tell me.
Our relationship with the Saudis is founded on our and the world’s need for oil. Even with the surge in US energy production, US security guarantees to the Saudis and other allied petro states are essential to assuring the flow of oil to the rest of the world so that their economies keep ticking over and they produce and buy goods and services from the US and our core allies. In addition, after 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq, the Saudis have become important allies against Muslim terrorism.