Saudis have been completely exposed as a paper tiger with the humiliation the Houthis suffered them. Now I get why they opposed war with Iran so much. They like the Gulf are extremely vulnerable. Both Tehran and GCC wrecked as a result of this war. Dubai devised an exit strategy out of it seeking an independent road from Saudi influence and this shows they pretty much succeeded as Riyadh is in no position to have the luxury to deal with them rn. This begs the question why the Saudis if they were THIS dependent on America for security played such a cocky two-faced game. They joined BRICS (ambiguously but still). Also since Ukraine War + 10/7, started leaning heavily into selling oil with China, helped boost the Yuan, and managed with Russia the oil market. Helped boost their Arab power image bucking America. And now as they pay the price for double-crossing us, they finally left mBridge, China’s digital currency system, learning to align with us hard again just like UAE’s OPEC departure. Those who had second thoughts shifting right back into our column.