So many questions, so few answers so far

In fact, cutting the budget for the U.S. military, a budget which is extremely wasteful, would be by far the best course of action ahead. Consider, for example, that Russia alone, with a defense budget less than a tenth of that of the U.S. has the military capacity and armaments to lay waste to the U.S. if, as Putin recently said at Valdai, Russia were ever directly attacked by the U.S.

At any rate, the perception is growing that MBS has gone too far too many times, that he is little but a thug, and some of his moves before the Khashoggi murder did not have U.S. approval. The blockade of Qatar was a case in point. Trump and son in law Jared Kushner and the Neocons around Trump have been trying to enhance the alliances with the Saudis and the Israelis, which allegedly languished under Obama.