No, not of course. That’s the beauty of it all, candidly. I posted a ton on this yesterday morning, specifically around the kinds of conversations that the admin. has been having with foreign leaders all over the world.
Basically, we are not in the business of participating in/funding regionalized proxy wars, coordinated/continued for back channel/corporately contracted/foundation cut cashing profits. No one will financially benefit or personally profit from US black budgeted and backdoored contract/cuts, again. So, either clean up your “swamps” and find other ways to do business legally in the open, starting with securing your own geographical regions or YOU LOSE... not us. This is why Saudi got Aramco on the market. They did THEIR job. Yes the known larger attack WAS thwarted, but we still experienced the unexpected devastation/fallout of conflict w/bin Talal’s teams, which unfortunately led to the unforeseen Vegas tragedy, we know today.
That said, Vegas ultimately led to the arrests of the bin Talal, his Saudi Royal sect and to the political shift/appointment of bin Salman. bin Salman then immediately moved to publicly shun OPEC’s corrupt and exploiting Qatar, while securing a weapons deal with the US.
In order to do this, bin Salman needed to ensure he’d have the immediate ability to combat the Yemen military backlash that WOULD result (and has, as you’ve seen) from these shake-ups, while he and his new Royal minister cabinet, worked to drain the swamp-entrenched regimes of their own Saudi Royal forces. Hence, we LEGALLY negotiated/agreed to the $400 million arms deal prior, so bin Salman could circumvent his own military leadership, defend Saudi from Yemen, all while continuing to draining their corrupt military leadership in tandem.
Remember, we are willing to rationally, logically and LEGALLY negotiate business, trade, military cooperation/strategic efforts, alliance, etc. with ANY NATION willing to publicly sit at the table.