• plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      if saudi were rational sovereign actor (lmao), they would start funneling iranian and houthis attacks on uae, the oil price is primal for them

      • thethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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        I mean just weeks before the Ramadan War kicked off, the Saudis and the Emiratis were basically engaged in a proxy war with one another in Yemen and elsewhere. Would not be surprised to see that get going again.

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          which would be a very convenient avenue for saudis to pursue, do the deal with houthis/south yemen puppet over al mandeb strait. unfortunately for them, that would lead to discoveries of lack of democracy, and they haven’t shown themselves to be good operators in diplomacy