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Related to the Saudi shakeup of today?

Lebanons Sunni and Christian politicians have been backed by the Saudis.

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I suggest Hariri is a microcosm of SA. Hariri had been dependent on SA, and sought SA's protection.
SA has been dependent on the USA (e.g., Patriot battery), and now is likely to seek further US (NATO/Western nations (think recertification of the Iranian deal and the parties thereto) protection.

Netanyahu’s comments yesterday, that due to the Iranian threat, previously unthinkable alliances are now being forged could be very telling and important.

“Iran is devouring one nation after the other,” Netanyahu said. They're trying to do that in Iraq and Syria. He said, "[T]he Middle East was witnessing “the emergence of a battle between the Islamists and the modernists,” provoking a “new alliance between Israel and Islamic states.”

That's potentially pretty heady stuff!