So, once again, the U.K. and the U.S. are the mere hired guns of the Saudis; and for what?
Strip away the bought-and-paid-for hype, in the west, about “moderation” with regard to the Saudis and anyone can see that their form of Islam is no less tyrannical, no less radical, no less of an extreme fundamentalist bent than the Theocrats in Iran. In addition, the largest sources of outside private funding for both Al Queda and the Taliban, as well for radical Islamic religious schools comes from wealthy Arabs in Saudi Arabia and Saudi-alligned states, not Iran. As societies go, they are not our friends.
We have been the Saudis great friends, they have never been ours.
The west has no dog in the race for king of the hill in Islam, between the Shia radicals in Iran and the Wahabi radicals in Saudi Arabia. If they want to go after each other, let them.
We can gain absolutely zero, in the long run, by helping either side. If and when either the Theocrats in Iran or the Wahabis in Saudi Arabia were able to claim the Caliphate over Islam, it would not be any kind of good thing, much less a victory for the west. We have no very-long-term gain from trying to “save” the Saudis.
We can contain Iran, as we have done since the beginning of the nuclear age with regard to other nuclear-armed states. We have no need, military or otherwise, for an unprovoked first strike on Iran.
Israel on the other hand is in an entirely different situation, and with regard to that situation, the U.S. should neither publicly encourage Israel to take-out Iran’s nuclear facilities, nor should we privately discourage it, nor should we privately deny our assistance to them if asked.