But there's the rub, isn't it? Being hardheaded about the U.S. national interest does not necessarily imply accepting sociopathic violence. It might under some circumstances (supporting Stalin to defeat Hitler, for example), but it's hard to imagine a "realist" rubric under which the Saudi alliance actually accomplishes anything whatsoever for U.S. goals. On the contrary, they are violently destabilizing the entire Middle East (with bombs we sold them, no less), angling to undermine the hard-won nuclear deal with Iran, and have a long history of supporting or enabling America's bitterest enemies.
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