Yaeh, they’re just great. Sounds like you’ve chosen your side.
In the real world, you don't often get a chance to choose one side over another, good over bad, rather it is usually choosing between shades of gray, worse versus worst. We allied ourselves with Stalin to defeat Hitler.
I failed to mention that I served in Iran during the overthrow of the Shah, i.e., 1978-79. There is no comparison between the mullahs and the House of Saud. Carter and Vance had good intentions, i.e., get rid of the corrupt and oppressive Shah. What they got was something far worse and we are still living with the consequences.