DogAnchor, I agree with your view. Preventing cooperation of Iraq and Iran in case of Saudi meltdown was an imperative and big picture indeed does make perfect sense.
I am just curious about "This is the boldest strategy in the last 75 years"
To what bold strategy from 1929 you were referring to?
The rise of Hitler?
Sorry about that...I can't add today.
The boldest strategy ever...