US policy with an ally like the Saudis till 2016

[davidbfpo]

I assume someone in the USG has thought about this. Meantime this article pointedly says "hurry up":http://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2016...rabia/125953/?

This thread refers to US policy an should be read alongside the thread on Saudi Arabia's search for security:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...read.php?t=546

[davidbfpo]

A short article reviewing the relationship the KSA has with the USA:https://www.lawfareblog.com/saudi-ar...ed-flawed-ally

Here is a taster:

But critics of the partnership with Saudi Arabia often confuse the costs of tactical disagreements – which are many – and the benefits of strategic alignment. Viewed through this lens, it is a necessary, if difficult arrangement. Indeed the alternatives are worse: a collapsed or enemy Saudi Arabia would be much more damaging to U.S. interests, and it would not be more democratic.