I believe saudi move is diplomatic signalling before the king's visit to Russia
What do you think ?
What I truly believe is this:
- Saudi Arabia wants to give more support to Syria, especially anti air, but the US is have blocking their attempts since 2011 telling them that theyre afraid it would fall in the wrong hands.
- Saudi had no choice but to comply, even though some were doubtful that the US were telling them the whole story.
- Obama had been telling the Gulf that they should take care of their own security to divert their attention from Iran and the Iranian deal.
- After the new king took power, things changed and Saudi became more active and starting to put more pressure on its allies to provide real assistance to the rebels.
- US recognized the change and Saudi concerns but kept saying the same thing.
- US went ahead with the Iranian deal regardless of what Saudi thought.
- Saudi, wanting to embarass the US and showing its real agenda to the world and that they have never intended to fight ISIS from the beginning and that the alliance was just a show, with many air strikes not dropping their ammunition, they proposed to send troops to Syria. Just like the US have been telling them to do (to divert their attention fron the deal) This will put the US in a hard position:
1- US support its Saudi ally, like theyve been promising for a long time, at the expense of foiling their own agendas and understandings between them and forces from the other axis.
2- US refuses Saudi intervention and show its real face to the its EU allies and the world as being not sincere to their publically declared stances and their intentions to fight ISIS, assad, or iran. Which will give Saudi an excuse to do whatever it see fit to defend its security. Without the fear of angering its allies.