“Saudi Arabia is fully capable of launching a counter attack against Iran.”
This is like two neighbors who hate each other and they both live in glass houses and sit in their front yards with a shotgun. The oil infrastructure, without which their countries can’t survive, is widely dispersed and not defensible. Approximately ninety percent of Iran’s export capability is concentrated on Kharg island which isn’t even reachable by a bridge. A few cruise missiles or a single sortie could beggar Iran. If the Imam’s ordered this attack then they are crazy. Unfortunately, the Revolutionary Guard is essentially independent of government control and probably any commander might have ordered the attack.
Imagine if you took any group of the more militant Freepers and gave us weapons, exposed us to 24/7 propaganda and gave us no clear lines of control. Then, infuse us with the idea that because of our religion we are required to act in the defense of that religion even if our “superiors” won’t. Oh, yeah, there would be smoke all over the place.
Ahhh, me miss those old flame wars on FR.
>“Saudi Arabia is fully capable of launching a counter attack against Iran.”<
Saudi will launch the counterattack fully expecting the US to blunt the Iran counter-counterattack.