Donald Trump manages to be more sensible on Syria than Hilary

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Saudi? Perhaps we can, in concert with the UK, leash them in by restricting arm sales. But maybe not -- they're engaging in proxy-war with Iran both in Syria and Yemen (after their failure in devastated Iraq).

As long as they're sitting on the worlds largest known oil reserves, I highly doubt that any kind of real pressure will be exerted. Not to mention their investments in US and European business endeavors and corporations.

Their oil is not much of a lever against us in America -- less than 10% of our petrochemicals are sourced from Saudi Arabia.

I'm not sure of numbers for the UK, but I do know that oil is easier to buy on the open market than spare parts for Tornados and Typhoons. If they'd rather sit on their oil, let them do so.