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"they noted that the soldiers could return if the Saudi rulers faced a new threat." So Typical, Let the US send in 500,000 troops to kick Saddam out of Kuwait and end the threat of Saddam overrunning the Saudi's. We go in and do the dirty work and get our troops killed to overthrow Saddam and the Saudies say thanks now it is time for you to go. But, if the kingdom is threatened again we will have to ask you to come back and save our royal asses again. Time to develop our oil fields and let the middle east rot.

My older brother (officer/lifer) was very involved in Saudi both during and after Desert Storm.

He told me lots of stories about hauling prince this and that around in Apaches, Abrams and Bradley fighting vehicles like it was Disneyland.

His impression of the Saudi armed forces is that THEY ARE A JOKE! After Saddam was contained, the Saudis purchased BILLIONS of dollars of the latest hardware on the condition that WE would perpetually man the gear. That's why this article saying that the royals want us out is bullsh*t, who are they going to hire??

The Saudi royals believe that everything (especially war) should be out-sourced.