Soon the Saudis will be Israel’s most important ally in its quest to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms. Wouldn’t put it past the Saudis to secretly finance any military action Israel may take and to provide intelligence.
Quite possible. But the Saudi’s could also scared enough that they might want their own bomb, not against Israel but against the Shiite Muslim Iranians. Not good. This could also convince the Saudis, as well as the Israelis, that the U.S. is not a reliable ally. I would not want to predict what would happen if the Saudi’s decided to break their alliance with us. One possible result could be the end of the Petro Dollar if they were to start accepting contracts in other currencies. Again, not good.
-—intelligence-—and don’t forget airspace. If the Soddies open a corridor the ‘Raelis can get a straight shot at Bushehr without even re-fueling. And if they give them airspace they could easily give them an emergency landing strip. Throw in the PO’d French and that’s a combo that the Iranians ought to be a little humble about.