[bubba]

I am not a huge fan of Iran or their proxies. They have murdered more than their fair share of innocent civilians to bolster their position (s) in the region, not to mention the multitude of close personal Friends we all have lost in Iraq and Syria.

That said, I ultimately find Saudi as the real issue in the region. The reason they were / are warming to the thoughts of “peace” with Israel and opening diplomatic talks centers around their (rightful) paranoia of Iran. The completely inept and out-classed Saudi “army” would get its ass handed to it by Iran, and they know it.

The talks were centered around Saudi relieving pressure on its Western Flank in anticipation of Iranian resurgence as a regional (conventional) power. The Saudi “navy” has no chance of keeping the shipping lanes open for their only source of domestic income, and by extension, their only method of maintaining internal peace through bribes of the tribes (rhyme not intended but it kinda works here).

Now that the US is leaving the Gulf (we rarely have an Aircraft Carrier in the gulf) and the safety that provides the oil market, anything that they can do to curtail Iranian power in the region is only to their benefit. If that means they either allow for, or indirectly / directly start a war in which the US becomes re-engaged is to their benefit.

Add in the pirate / smuggler (failed) nations of Yemen and Somalia and the calculus of the Saudi Kingdom is correctly assessed as one of dire straits…….

The only real solution that the US should attempt in the region is complete disengagement with all Islamic nations. In one word. Leave. Stay with Israel and their righteous fight against these dirt-worshiping heathens, but as for the rest of this shit hole, let them sort it out on their own.