Before the invasion, the Iraqi regime under Saddam was pretty pro American interests. After the invasion, the country fell to Iran and is now a major proxy for Iranian interests in the region.
Saudi Arabia will be a repeat of that, but on a significantly worse scale on account of Yemen being right there
A good outcome is not a prerequisite for a U.S. invasion. I agree it would hurt the empire in the long term, but you could have said the same thing in the early 00s about Iraq and Afghanistan, yet here we are.
They’d get a repeat of Iraq if they did.
Before the invasion, the Iraqi regime under Saddam was pretty pro American interests. After the invasion, the country fell to Iran and is now a major proxy for Iranian interests in the region.
Saudi Arabia will be a repeat of that, but on a significantly worse scale on account of Yemen being right there
A good outcome is not a prerequisite for a U.S. invasion. I agree it would hurt the empire in the long term, but you could have said the same thing in the early 00s about Iraq and Afghanistan, yet here we are.
You made an excellent point. They’d do it for short term benefits, yeah.