BS. The theocratic tyranny is Iran. Two of the three holiest sites in Islam are in the Kingdom. Hence, the title of the King is Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. Yes, Saudi Arabia is a monarchy ruled by a powerful leader. It is not a theocracy.
I lived in the Kingdom for five years, including during the Gulf War. There are plenty of problems in Saudi Arabia, but the alternatives to the Royal Family are not good for American interests in the region. Carter got rid of the Shah and we are paying the price to this very day.
The propaganda line is that Iran, Saudi Arabia’s Shia Islam rival is evil, evil, evil.
I also lived in Iran for two years including during the fall of the Shah. Iran is the biggest state sponsor of terrorism. They have killed Americans in Saudi Arabia (Khobar Tower bombing), Iraq, Lebanon, and elsewhere. Iran is evil. The only solution is regime change.
Whatever the disputed claims of Iranian complicity in attacks on Americans overseas, Sunni radicals, including many Saudis, have attacked American civilians IN AMERICA. Iran is no beacon of enlightenment, but the terrorism that kills men, women and children in America and Europe overwhelmingly comes from Iran's enemies, not Iran.
Not to mention the Iranians were involved more recently in the assassination plot to take out the Saudi ambassador as he dined in Washington DC... a bombing that would have killed a lot of American diners as well... had it succeeded.