Yglesias shows why we need to re-think our relationship with Saudi Arabia. Iran is a "bad actor." Saudi is a "bad actor." So many of our "leaders" are sclerotic relics of the 1970s and '80s, that they can't see the Middle East beyond the hostage crisis. They are also so hopelessly in bed with Saudi money that they can't afford to offer alternatives.
America should be leveraging Riyadh against Tehran and vice versa. Our imagination is held hostage to an event 40 years ago, while forgetting what happened on 9/11.
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