• zed_proclaimer [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Saudi Arabia has been urging peace and trying to deescalate this entire time, because it is their fragile infrastructure that is on the line. Until now they did not allow their territory to be used for strikes against Yemen and didn’t participate in Operation Prosperity Guardian.

    If they are actually preparing a strike from their territory now it is because they have been harangued into it by the British/Americans.

    • Tankiedesantski [he/him]
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      6 months ago

      That deal between Saudi and Iran probably had unpublished Chinese guarantees and deterrence built in. The US must be really tightening the screws on Saudi if it's going to risk upending that deal.