It doesn’t take a “Nostradamus” to see where this is going. Before this is over, Iran, with Russian and Chinese support, will invade Saudi Arabia and seize the Saudi oil fields.
Couldn't happen to a nicer Kingdom.
Forcing shale oil producers in the USA to start production again, bringing more work back to the USA.
So the downside to your statement is???
Invasion is so yesterday; the game today is to fight by proxy. Basically, an exact replica of our Sunni backed plan throughout MENA, only this time executed by Shia.
But even strategic targets like SA are merely a secondary consideration. The real prize, the one element that will take down the USA, is the loss of the petro-dollar. It's why we didn't touch SA after 9/11 - it is literally our life blood.
No reserve currency, no ability to print our way out of trouble. No reserve currency, no ability to pay for the social programs that are barely keeping a lid on domestic disruption. No reserve currency, the results of 20 years of outsourcing all come home to roost. No reserve currency, the reality of 40 million illegals, and another 40 million tattooed fat freaks unsuitable for military duty, are all revealed.
The Russian people have been through 20+ years of deprivation. The Chinese, 20 generations. The USA? Ha, just picture pajama boy staring at his iphone at a coffee shop while living in his parent's basement. That's the reality of America that the petro-dollar has helped obscure.