With Israel threatening to bomb Iran, Saudi is smart to hedge by going to Iran to ensure that it will not bear the brunt of any Iranian retaliation.

This is good for U.S., which does not want to get sucked into another Mid East war to defend #SaudiArabia from an angry #Iran. [_link]

— Joshua Landis (@joshua_landis) March 11, 2023

Always had much resect for his blog with some excellent analysts like Aaron Lund ... but repeating BS written by WaPo creates some doubts about his insight in power brokers and machinations. Don't peddle lies from the intelligence community or the Pentagon.

'Sapere aude'