Could well be.
Trump,Israel and MBS--the Saudis have had plans for the mideast.No one was happy with the status quo of CIA/Russia/Turkey/Iran/Hezzbolla fomenting war all the time forever/unending.
One of the things I read about was that Israel would create cutting edge weaponry for the Saudis and we would take a back seat to the Saudis now being out front in pretty much whatever conflict that comes up.
It was obvious in a war having to do with muslims that the US was always going to be the "infidels" and the only way out of that was taking a back seat to a muslim country that hates terrorism.
That's the Saudis and others. But, the Saudis had a lot at risk and still do so they are taking the lead.And they have MBS who is a brilliant young Saudi leader educated in the US and having many of the "freedom of the individual values" we have here in the US.
We still offer support in anyway necessary and will help the Saudis however whenever,as i read the piece.So pulling troops out or moving them around is well within the plans Trump has for the US.
This is also why when a shooting such as what happened in Pensacola happens it should ring all kinds of alarm bells and whistles as to who would benefit by the Saudis being implicated in killing Americans! That makes no sense at all and its time to think out of the box.
Historically the Saudis were never much of a fighting force. Today they are still the same pissant bunch, easily overrun.
The Big powers have always been what is now Iraq/Turkey and of course the Persians. And I believe that there is no love lost between any of these. They hate each other as much as they hate any Christian.
As for MBS - Yes he was educated in the U.S., So was Yamamoto. MBS is Saudi and his personal interests for Saudi sound positive, just way too early to tell. But until and unless he is able to eliminate the hard core religious zealots in Saudi he will be targeted for execution