So, we’re using American troops as mercenaries. Lovely. Why can’t Saudi raise their own fighting force? It’s a country of 35 million people. I’ve worked there. I’ve seen row after row of bunkers filled with weapons and ammo we either gave them or sold them. I’ve seen row after row of hardened hangers, each filled with F-15 Strike Eagles. Saudi is more than capable of defending itself. What Saudi lacks is the will and if you lack the will to defend your own country we have no business whatsoever doing it for them, regardless of whether they are paying or not. We do not need their oil. Truth is, we never have.
It’s a long story, but basically it goes all the way back to Nixon and Kissenger rescuing our currency when Nixon took us off the gold standard and put us on the Petro Dollar.