Posted on 03/01/2026 10:25:47 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
Saudi Arabia joined Israel in lobbying the US to launch strikes against Iran.
Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, argued in favour of an attack during multiple phone calls with Donald Trump in the past month, sources told the Washington Post.
Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, also continued his long-standing campaign urging the US to join strikes on Iran, the Post reported.
Iran has continued its retaliation after the US and Israel launched a barrage of strikes on Saturday morning, killing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Correspondents in Dubai reported a fresh round of explosions on Sunday morning after several people were injured following an explosion at the city’s international airport. Strikes were also reported for a second day in Doha, Qatar and Manama, the capital of Bahrain.
Iran has so far launched attacks on six of its neighbours, inadvertently uniting the Middle East against the Islamic Republic.
The leaders of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), previously at loggerheads, spoke on the phone after missiles struck their nations on Saturday.
The Saudi crown prince said that his country was ready “to place all its capabilities” at its neighbour’s disposal, shortly before attacks on Saudi soil were confirmed.
The joint attack on Saturday came despite American intelligence believing that Iran’s military probably posed no threat to the US mainland within the next decade.
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I would not be surprised. Iran has been a consistent enemy of Saudi Arabia for decades.
That jihad story went away pretty fast.
Imagine that. Headquarters Sunni lobbied to have people killed in Shiite Iran. Who would have thunk it?
Saudi Arabia should let USA use their facilities, bases etc to launch against Iran
This sounds believable.
If this is true, I hope Trump required Saudi Arabia to formally recognize Israel when this is over.
Oh OK so now Trump is a puppet of Saudia Rabia, a couple of hours ago he was a puppet of Israel. Hard to keep up.
I’m pretty sure he had nothing to do with it.
This was a highly organized effort between Israel and the USA.
The more people involved, the more chance of leaks.
Same with the B2 raid on the nuclear sites.
They didn’t tell ANYONE.
I doubt it. MBS is a reformer. He is treading a fine line because he's trying not to get overthrown by Wahabbists in the Royal Family.
Sources...Maybe sources should shut their mouth.
The joint attack on Saturday came despite American intelligence believing that Iran’s military probably posed no threat to the US mainland within the next decade. …Yeah; lie some more and go full Obama, Red Torygraph.
Lots of world leaders ask the US President for things. Sometimes they align with what he wants. Sometimes they don’t. Go figure.
It would have surprised me if he hadn’t.
Kind of an irrelevant point - legitimate threats should never be allowed to get stronger.
Persians are not at all Arabs!
Their languages do not even belong to the same group!
They may share alphabet and some religious aspects, but otherwise they are big enemies for some 1300 years.
Yes, indeed - just like they did the Shi’ite Hussein regime in Iraq...even wrote the check to pay for it.
oh, wait.
I expect bin Salman to chip in to the war effort.
Really? The head Sunni leader wants us to attack the biggest Shia nation?
The Saudis... our ally that attacked us on 9/11.
There’s that, but the Red Torygraph doesn’t have to push the narrative of the left so gleefully.
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