Saudi Zio-Wahhabi MBS Achilles Heel: Misreading tea leaves in Washington
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Saudi Prince Muhammad’s Achilles Heel: Misreading tea leaves in Washington
By James M. Dorsey
Emboldened by perceived White House support, Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman appears to have stepped up his risky, so far faltering effort to counter Iranian influence in the Middle East.
The kingdom, despite Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri complicating Saudi efforts to curb the political and military power of Hezbollah, the country’s Shia militia, by putting on hold his decision to resign, is signalling that it is looking beyond Lebanon to fulfil Prince Muhammad’s vow in May that the fight between the two rivals would be fought “inside Iran, not in Saudi Arabia
Speaking earlier this month, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir warned that “any way you look at it, they [the I...