THE Saudis, instead of leaving the Americans to pull their chestnuts out of the fire, have actually formed a military alliance of fellow Sunni Arab states, to save their proxies in the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula, thus, to go after the Shia Houthi, who have chased the Yemeni president out of his capital. The Americans, for their part, are fighting as virtual allies with Iran in their attempt to expel Islamic State from Tikrit, Saddam Husseins hometown.
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