What the US and the Saudis should also not forget is that Shiite populated areas such as Najaf and Muthana in Iraq border Saudi Arabia.
I’d be the last to suggest that the US administration are a bunch of geniuses, but I suspect they have a pretty good grasp on the basic geography and the forces arrayed against us. Likewise, I’ve got to think that the Sauds are keenly aware of the problems on their northern border. After all, where do you suppose they’ll be deploying all their new military toys, hmm?
All the Saudi militants being exported to Iraq (where we’re getting pretty good at dropping the hammer on them) are not causing trouble in Saudi Arabia. They’re not causing trouble in Europe, and they’re not hatching their plots in the US. Is that a bad thing?
