Why do we still support Saudi Arabia?

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28. I think those words do apply, actually.

They might not matter to those making the decisions, but I think there's an ethical way to conduct yourself on the world stage while still preserving your territorial integrity.

It's important to remember that our alliance with Saudi Arabia against Iran is really a predicament of our own making. Thanks to short-sighted Cold War-era foreign policy, we soured relations with Iran to the point where it will not recover for at least a generation, and now we are forced by our own hand to join forces with the chief financial and ideological backer of Sunni terrorists groups that, above all else, would just love to kill Americans.

If we had backed Mossadeg instead of the Shah, it is very likely we wouldn't be having this conversation right now.