Khashoggi was no good, and I’m glad he’s dead. But we are not “allies” with the Saudis because of our national interest. We are there solely because of the petrodollar. So we protect a backwards barbaric satanic feudal monarchy that murdered 3000 Americans and is THE leading cause of islamic terrorism around the world. We let them build hundreds of wahabbist mosques in America and bribe our political leaders from Bush, Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Cheney, Obama, etc. The Saudis are one of the most repressive nations on earth, still has slaves, and makes Iran look progressive, makes and Assad look like a wild eyed libertarian. They are a lazy people and are not very intelligent as a result of their inbreeding. After all the sophistry, we are merely whoring out our nations honor, and pretending it is for high minded reasons.
Best succinct analysis I've seen on the subject.
Some of that is true. The sides are now being chosen up for the war that is coming, basically for who will control the vast oil deposits in Syria, which is no longer a country really, and in Israel (newly discovered).
Saudi (Sunni) and Iran (Shiite) are mortal enemies for control of the Middle East. Erdogan sees Turkey as the caliphate eventually and will end up siding with Russia and Iran against Saudi, us, and Israel. Maybe not us.
So there’s that old brother-against-brother thing too. Not to mention everyone against Israel.