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Saudi Arabia urging US to keep up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms

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Saudi Arabia urging US to ramp up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms
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Saudi Arabia urging US to ramp up Iran attacks, intelligence source confirms
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said to view US-Israeli war as ‘historic opportunity’ to remake Middle East
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callsonreddit Mar 27, 2026 +211
>Saudi Arabia has urged the US to ramp up attacks on Iran, a Saudi intelligence source has confirmed, while it is weighing a decision on whether to join the fight directly. >The Saudi source confirmed reporting in the New York Times, which said the kingdom’s de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has urged Donald Trump not to cut short his war against Iran, and that the US-Israeli campaign represented a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East.
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TwoLegitShiznit Mar 27, 2026 +129
Can someone who understands the region explain what Saudi Arabia would be looking to gain out of it
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Spezalt4 Mar 27, 2026 +283
Iranian theocracy is anti-monarchy and wants to spread their brand of fundamentalist Islam. This would result in the death of the royal families of the monarchies in the region
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kingofbladder Mar 27, 2026 +126
Additionally, Saudis always pushed for lower oil production to increase oil prices but they were largely unsuccessful. The side affects of Iranian counterattacks against middle east is that oil production is lower which is beneficial for Saudi Arabia even if their own oil infrastructure suffers.
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VentureIndustries Mar 27, 2026 +88
They’re also the only gulf state with direct access to the Red Sea, so strait closures by Iran doesn’t affect them as much.
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catchy_phrase76 Mar 27, 2026 +30
Gotta think of the toll booth issue now too. If Iran is gonna toll booth all ships going through the strait, it's gonna make Iranian oil cheaper while everyone else's oil costs more. Or everyone else just eats the toll booth cost.
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demonica123 Mar 27, 2026 +18
There is 0 chance they allow Iran control of the strait. They would make the same threats as Iran and the strait would close to all traffic until a compromise is reached or the rest of the world steps in.
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kaewan Mar 27, 2026 +11
This is the outcome I am thinking has a possibility of happening. If the petro-emirate states lose clout, will support for the royal families collapse?
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Spezalt4 Mar 27, 2026 +11
So long as they can give generous welfare stipends from the oil money who would revolt?
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kaewan Mar 27, 2026 +6
That's what I mean. This war could see the money dry up, as being aligned with Israel and the US means no (or limited) oil export. This could lead the population to think they have "backed the wrong horse".
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American_PissAnt Mar 27, 2026 +34
Similar as to why we invaded Iraq for Saudi Arabia. The Ba’ath party is secular and anti-monarchy. Makes you think as to why the US has deposed the Ba’ath party throughout the region.
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TheGreatPervSage_94 Mar 27, 2026 +19
3 of the major Baathist leaders have been ousted Seems like a pattern the Installed monarchs want to keep in the region. They were all happy to fund Saddam during the Iran Iraq war
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American_PissAnt Mar 27, 2026 +9
Jordan, the only original monarchy dynasty from the WW1 Ottoman break up, was very friendly to Iraq. Many former Iraqi officials fled to Jordan after the war. But Jordan doesn’t have vast oil wealth or much of any wealth for that matter. So they need to be friendly with their neighbors.
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TheGreatPervSage_94 Mar 27, 2026 +11
Their ruling families were the Heshemites (House of Hashim). The cadet branch in Iraq was Romanoved during the 1958 coup in Iraq
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Johannes_P Mar 27, 2026 +6
And they don't want additional disorder in the region.
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DrXaos Mar 27, 2026 +2
> Makes you think as to why the US has deposed the Ba’ath party throughout the region. Originally because they were firmly aligned with the USSR. Joseph Stalin was Saddam Hussein's personal hero. Factually true, not a joke or exaggeration. More recently, always aligned with opponents of US interests. Syria's dictatorship destabilized Lebanon and proxy attacked Israel.
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masterpepeftw Mar 27, 2026 +32
They kinda really f****** hate eachother lol. We in the west aren't alone at hating Iran they really are a terrible influence on the whole of the middle east with their militias and everything. Saudi Arabia also suffers in this war but they have more upside then the US and the west if they can get rid of Iran and specially if the US and Israel are the ones paying for the weapons used.
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Beneficial_Alarm7671 Mar 27, 2026 +32
Saudi Arabia also has pipe line to the Red Sea bypassing Strait of Hormuz.
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b_tight Mar 27, 2026 +2
Yemen could shut down that route
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catchy_phrase76 Mar 27, 2026 +3
What ever happened to us lobbing bombs to stop the missiles? Guess I should go look up if that's still a thing or not.
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DinosaurSr2 Mar 27, 2026 +11
Saudi Arabia and Iran have been fighting a proxy war in Yemen for many years, and the conflict has been at a stalemate. The balance in this war shifts as a direct result of the US attacking Iran.
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Space_Bungalow Mar 27, 2026 +23
The sole controller over one of the world’s primary shipping routes is a fundamentalist theocratic anti-western regime that props up terror groups and actions across the world, has fired thousands of drones and hundreds of missiles at Saudi Arabia and SA’s regional allies, and vows to lay waste to the region which is definitely not in SA’s best interest. I’d say there’s not much to hide in support of the war against Iran that it’s very thankful other nations are taking part in
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VentureIndustries Mar 27, 2026 +6
Between Saudi Arabia and Iran, the battle for influence of the region goes back a long way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Saudi_Arabia_proxy_war?wprov=sfti1#
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Weary_Position_9591 Mar 27, 2026 +8
Removing or reducing a non-Western aligned regional power/competitor
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Trzlog Mar 27, 2026 +4
The alternative is that Iran has complete control over the Strait. This isn't an option for Saudi Arabia or other countries. As long as Iran pushes this demand, SA and co will not accept an end to the war.
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Ranger_242 Mar 27, 2026 +8
Eliminating the main political competitor in the region and allowing for a shia/KSA friendly regime in order to consolidate more power as well as gain further OPEC cartel oil control.
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discretelandscapes Mar 27, 2026 +13
Do you mean "sunni/KSA"?
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Ranger_242 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Yes. I stand corrected
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Dark_World_Blues Mar 27, 2026 +13
In the past few weeks, Iran has targeted many countries as a retaliatory attack because USA and Israel attacked Iran. Iran attacked KSA among other countries that had nothing to do with the attack. They attacked civilian airports, electricity and water plants, shipping ports, ships, embassies, and oil and gas sources in these countries, including KSA. Iran is trying their best to prevent these countries from trading with the outside world by sinking any civilian ship that passes through the Arabian/Persian Gulf without Iran's approval. Keep in mind that these countries did not attack Iran and didn't allow USA and Israel to use their land and air in the attacks, and these countries were against the initial attack on Iran. Most of these countries are anti-Israel.
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wipeitonthedog Mar 27, 2026 +4
This is not solely because of the current situation. MBS have always taken shots at IRGC and called them terrorists for arming and funding Houthis Hezbollah and Hamas. He even likened Khameini to Hitler much before this conflict and believes that the Middle east can never have peace with Iran funding proxies across so many countries.
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wiseoldfox Mar 27, 2026 +5
While what you say is all true... the countries mentioned have given a ton of money to Trump and are his allies.
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Dark_World_Blues Mar 27, 2026 +6
Ok. I just answered the other user's question. It doesn't change the facts that I have listed. If you want to play the blame game we can spend many years and not everyone will agree to what is right and what is wrong. I am going to leave at that.
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glaringOwl Mar 27, 2026 +2
A safer region because the Iran Israel conflicts interrupt their economy. Saudi is betting heavily on tourism as it has gradually opened itself up in the past decade, but no one's gonna come when their own territory is affected by drones. The UAE already has a large tourism sector and they've been hit really hard by this conflict. Dubai airport is also one of the world's biggest hubs between 3 continents, but lack of flights hits that too (airport professions, hotels, taxis etc.). Also, their oil exports will be hit because they're allies with America which Iran doesn't like and blocks them through that key strait. In summary, Saudi and UAE economies will be damaged heavily so long as there is this threat from Persia.
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Brave_Nerve_6871 Mar 27, 2026 +10
Yeah, MBS is a true mastermind. Ask him how his special operation in Yemen went
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guitmusic12 Mar 27, 2026 +824
Billions of dollars in funding for the Saudi military so we can prop them up as a regional Foil to Iran and they won’t even be directly involved when we finally go to war with them. the Saudi’s can piss right off
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kaewan Mar 27, 2026 +222
Yup. They got bogged down fighting Yemen with US support. Not likely they can offer any real support to US in regard to Iran.
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Significant_Swing_76 Mar 27, 2026 +145
The saudis love to have all the shiny toys, but don’t understand how to use them. A true Saudi doesn’t work, and certainly doesn’t put his life on the line. Just as well as Israel has carte blanche to send American lives into a meat grinder to spare Israeli ones, the Saudi’s have the same expectation, since they’ve paid and bribed America for so long, so the same perks should apply for them. To them, American soldiers are no more than mercenaries, bought and paid for with either petro dollars, or via American support sent back to the American political system.
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ZuAusHierDa Mar 27, 2026 +49
But apparently they are right. US is fighting for them at the moment.
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TropoMJ Mar 27, 2026 +11
Love that Trump accuses NATO allies of freeloading off of the US while having absolutely nothing negative to say about US "allies" in the middle east who literally just use the US as their hired gun.
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ThisRapIsLikeZiti Mar 27, 2026 +22
We tried to teach their pilots to fly our jets during the first Trump administration and one of them went postal and killed a bunch of people at the Pensacola NAS. Its wild how quickly that was forgotten.
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Fidel_Cashflows Mar 27, 2026 +136
No, it's so they can enforce the 1974 petrodollar agreement. The US provides defense support for participating countries in exchange for oil to be exclusively traded in US dollars. This keeps global demand for the USD high, which makes it the most stable currency on earth and also floods the middle east with dollars, which are then converted into low-interest US Treasury bonds. That demand keeps bond rates down (which allows the US to finance its budget deficit), while also contributing to the feedback loop of foreign investment into treasuries making the bonds more stable and prompting further investment. However, the current war has prompted Iran to start accepting Chinese yuan as payment for safe passage through the strait of Hormuz since at this point they could care less about sanctions. While Iran isn't as big of a player as Kuwait, Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia, the US is now forced to show up in a major way to honor the defense agreement and keep those countries trading on the USD. The official premise of this whole war was to destroy Iran's nuclear program and foster regime change to liberate the local population but in reality it's just to keep the USD relevant, funnel money to defense contactors, and keep the Israeli campaign funding flowing for politicians.
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IPissExcellentThrows Mar 27, 2026 +24
Economic literacy on Listnook? Please leave. Your kind is not welcome here. Only thing I'd say is your comment suggests the petrodollar is why it's the most stable currency. I'd argue it contributes but it's far from the only reason. Our massive economy, the liquidity of our financial markets, rule of law that's predictable (in the past at least), and the Fed's willingness to lend to other central banks during crises all majorly contribute. I think those things make it the world currency and then the petrodollar and other contracts being in USD help reinforce that. Just my 2 cents. I know you aren't saying it's 100% the reason, but it does read to me like it's responsible for more of it than it is in my opinion.
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Korchagin Mar 27, 2026 +7
The US economy is massive, but it's debt is even more massive. No other country has nearly as much relative debt. That's possible because the dollar is used for so much more than the US economy internally and its international trade. The petrodollar is indeed only one column in that building. But if one column fails, the whole thing may become unstable and crumble. There's also many countries who pinned their currency to the dollar. There's trade of other commodities in USD. An important one is the market of illegal narcotics. There's a good reason the US doesn't stop that "war on drugs": Profitable criminal gangs hoard much more money (mostly in USD) than legal businesses would - an important stabilizing factor.
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Korchagin Mar 27, 2026 +5
I don't understand the point where the defense agreement made the attack on Iran necessary. Sure, now it makes running away difficult. But there was no reason to get into this situation in the first place other than utter stupidity. Iran didn't do anything more aggressive than what they already did for decades.
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Celepito Mar 27, 2026 +2
> keep the Israeli campaign funding flowing for politicians. Qatar alone multiple times outdoes Israels campaign fundings, not to mention the Saudis or UAE. But keep up the ZOGery, it totally helps making the rest of your (actually true) points.
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kingkeelay Mar 27, 2026 +2
Your entire premise is incorrect. Iran was never party to an agreement for protection and weapons in exchange for trading in dollars. That was Saudi Arabia (and not OPEC, even though Iran and SA are both members). You’re implying that they’ve broken some agreement and things must be righted in your quest to justify this war.
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throwaway277252 Mar 27, 2026 +21
> Billions of dollars in funding for the Saudi military Did you mean billions in funding *from* the Saudi military?
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Successful-Peach-764 Mar 27, 2026 +16
Yeah, he is talking like they got shit for free, they paid for it themselves, you can't force them into a fight you started because you're losing.
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Kooky-Cap2249 Mar 27, 2026 +13
But but NATO freeloaders need to pay up!
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KodaiClub Mar 27, 2026 +5
I’m not sure I understand this take can you please explain? The Saudis were not consulted as an ally at the initiation of this war, no? Their restraint, as I’ve viewed it, is geared towards finding an off ramp. I may be mistaken. I do want to understand your view 
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Archiver_test4 Mar 27, 2026 +1600
they are not even hiding and by this point, it really doesn't look good for all MBS shills.
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zlex Mar 27, 2026 +454
Hiding what? Has MBS been pretending to support fundamentalism?
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Archiver_test4 Mar 27, 2026 +149
fundamentalism support was on the side of "oh we are promoting "this brand of islam", which the proponents of that brand were like "we are just another brand like there are dozens other than us" but this one is more nefarious. People are starting to question the need of saud and GCC countries for american protection, that is a big thing. just a few short years ago, whatever MBS said or did was ALWAYS RIGHT, the way we have MAGA in USA and sanghis in India, jamatis in Pakistan, and other countries having their own religio-fanaticism, they always end up supporting their leader come what may. That fandom is breaking
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Honest-Boysenberry96 Mar 27, 2026 +103
MBS and the whole Al-Saud family have been declared disbelievers by almost any fundamentalist muslim after they allowed US military bases on Arabian soil during the first Gulf war (something that was approved by the Grand Mufti of that time, Ibn Baz), and they have been hated ever since. This has only intensified for their lack of proper commitment to the Palestinian cause and their war crimes to Yemeni civilians, for which they used US and British military hardware. “MBS shills” are almost exclusively found in Saudi Arabia itself, or amongst Saudis residing in the West. This is nothing new. You have to keep in mind Salafis around the world are generally in agreement about the fact that Iran is an apostate Shi’ite-Rafidite country, and they view these wars between US-Israel and Iran as disbelievers destroying each other. Couple that with the fact Iran has been at the forefront of funding groups that run contra Saudi-interests, and you understand there is nothing new happening here.
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mhornberger Mar 27, 2026 +16
> MBS and the whole Al-Saud family have been declared disbelievers by almost any fundamentalist muslim after they allowed US military bases on Arabian soil during the first Gulf war Well before that. The [seisure of the Grand Mosque](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Mosque_seizure) was in 1979. The House of Saud (at least pretended to) veer right after that, due to fears of a populist uprising *from the right*.
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throwawaygaydude69 Mar 27, 2026 +52
Also he may be a crook but he seems competent in running a country Better a pretend, liberal leaning crook rather than some fundamentalist demons
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imtourist Mar 27, 2026 +37
MBS has blown hundreds of billions of dollars on vanity construction projects like NEOM, and many other projects that have gone nowhere. The are trying to open up the country for non-oil investment however these are table-stakes for any country in the region. The only thing he's good at is consolidating power and being a despot with a smiling face.
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ExcuseFeeling9601 Mar 27, 2026 +6
I watched some video that claimed some of these "failed" vanity projects were done intentionally to purge people out of power.
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DVoteMe Mar 27, 2026 +24
You seem more informed than the average Listnookor, but i do think you leave out context to make a point. "This has only intensified for their lack of proper commitment to the Palestinian cause and their war crimes to Yemeni civilians, for which they used US and British military hardware." Houthis are not civilians, and early on they used Chinese munitions donated by the IRI, but as of 2022 it has been confirmed that CCP-linked firms are providing real-time satellite imaging (CGST) and drones to Houthis. It's a global proxy war encroaching on the Saudi State. UN staff have documented war crimes on both sides of the Yemeni civil war. Houthi allies kidnapped UN peacekeepers in 2022 and the Houthis denied health aid to civilians throughout the war. The purpose of Israeli attacks on Iranian soil is to keep the IRI occupied so they are not pouring so many resources into over ten separate proxies. It's not just the Saudis who support this tactic, but they are going to be the most vocal Gulf nation because they have the 2nd most Western support, second to Israel. With teh exception of Shia minority groups, every Gulf nation is sick of IRI bullshit and the political degradation they cause the region.
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ReadIcculus555 Mar 27, 2026 +5
I thought the purpose of attacks on Iranian soil is regime change, not a (temporary) distraction game.
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DVoteMe Mar 27, 2026 +6
Israel has been fostering unrest in Iran for at least the past 36 months, but I am confident that they knew that toppling the regime was a 50/50 proposition. In the meantime, IRI is a mess and fighting for its life instead of arming third parties.
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W1LD_N1NJA Mar 27, 2026 +1
They have been declared disbelievers? wtf are you smoking? 😂
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Bruvvimir Mar 27, 2026 +43
There are MBS shills?
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Ivanbeatnhoff Mar 27, 2026 +10
Prob guarding the Las Vegas shooting wiki
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BussinFatLoads Mar 27, 2026 +11
Yeah, the manufacturers and sponsors supporting these stupid 2026 engine changes. The FIA’s really been going downhill since Jean Todt left
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Bruvvimir Mar 27, 2026 +8
Eh? This is not a F1 sub dude. Not the same MBS.
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alterom Mar 27, 2026 +5
That was the point :)
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Bruvvimir Mar 27, 2026 +4
Oh. Whoosh.
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soldiernerd Mar 27, 2026 +114
Why doesn’t it look good? Obviously they’d want their largest and closest geopolitical rival to be crushed
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Archiver_test4 Mar 27, 2026 -1
the religious so called "scholars" who used to shill on MBS's behalf are now having a hard time maintaining the line. people are not "that" dumb. They do see what is happening. There are people who have started to question their allegiance to MBS and al-saud because it makes THEM look bad. its about optics and optics dont look good for any salafi right now. Their whole house is crumbling.
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Pruzter Mar 27, 2026 +64
Something tells me their whole house is going to be just fine
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Miserable-Box-8994 Mar 27, 2026 +23
People seriously underestimate the power of status quo
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ReadIcculus555 Mar 27, 2026 +14
No its just Marxists who desperately want everything to be a revolution and believe anything with a Western flavor is going to collapse...any day now the US Empire and Israel and the Saudi Kingdom will collapse...any day now.
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Old-School8916 Mar 27, 2026 +17
i mean, all this religious stuff is arbitrary anyways, i'm sure the state will find new religious scholars to back them up.
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madmadaa Mar 27, 2026 +9
You do know that Saudi is Sunni and Iran is Shiaa and they hate eachothers right?
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madmadaa Mar 27, 2026 +11
Were they? The guy himself has videos talking about how Iran is their enemy.
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redditismylawyer Mar 28, 2026 +3
It’s really heartwarming seeing Israel and Saudi Arabia having so much in common!
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rationallunatic Mar 27, 2026 +20
MBS has no choice. Trump ending the war hands Iran de facto control of the strait and potentially nukes if Iran keeps enrichment facilities
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Trzlog Mar 27, 2026 +21
Yeah, I don't know what people are expecting here. Pretty much every country in that region that isn't Iran will want the US to continue if the alternative is Iran having sole control of the Strait.
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Facts_pls Mar 27, 2026 +8
It's almost as if that wasn't an issue until US bombed Iran. The strait was open and owned by nobody. But now that war has taken that turn, no choice remains. Good job Trump. Started a pointless war on fake pretenses and ruined the entire region. US never learns and war never changes
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DrunkyLittleGhost Mar 27, 2026 +12
You sound like you have no idea about recent history of Middle East, Iran is exporting revolution and change every country around it to totalitarian theocracy, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen are all victims of its deed Not like I’m support USA’s invasion, but the long standing tension between Iran and other countries in Middle East are already there
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ReadIcculus555 Mar 27, 2026 +10
Iran are innocent babes who are victims of unprovoked aggression from the Big Satan and Little Satan. (/s)
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ReadIcculus555 Mar 27, 2026 +14
Iran has uranium enriched to 60%. This is per the IAEA. Not some US intelligence lie like WMDs in Iraq in 2003. This is the IAEA talking about a verifiable threat. For those of us who do not want to die to nuclear armageddon, the closure of the Strait: 1) Is a very low price to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear state. Nuclear war is much worse for global economy than a tempotary closure of the SoH. I assure you of this. 2) Was always going to happen as soon as Iran began working on nukes. Because a state working on getting nukes will not stop for any reason, you have to get rid of the whole regime at that point and the regime under threat was always going to play this card as soon as the consequences of enriching uranium and having an ICBM program caught up with them in the form an actual attack from Israel and/or United States. So strait getting closed was an unavoidable reality and the only question was WHEN this would happen and not IF this would happen.
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ciopobbi Mar 27, 2026 +2
When you give massive bribes you expect something in return.
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Dovver Mar 27, 2026 +546
The US is everyones b**** now
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Sweet_Concept2211 Mar 27, 2026 +269
The crazy part is, if just 2% more people in swing states had gotten off their asses to vote for Harris, America would be pouring billions of dollars into renewable energy buildout, instead of flushing its future down the drain for oil interests.
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Death2Disney Mar 27, 2026 +229
Yeah that’s a fantasy. Congress would still be republican and would not be funding any of that
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Deranged_Kitsune Mar 27, 2026 +24
Back to the good ole' days of "I'm opposing this legislation solely because the democrats want it."
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GreasedGoblin Mar 27, 2026 +5
Good old days? Theyve been like that for 100 years and still are like that.
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figlu Mar 27, 2026 +52
At least no war and the existing green energy projects would get to continue
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cammcken Mar 27, 2026 +3
If you want a little bit of good news: three offshore wind projects have completed construction after judges ruled they can proceed through the... I don't even remember what the excuse was to halt them. And a solar manufacturing plant opened in Louisiana.
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zeekayz Mar 27, 2026 +2
But what about egg prices!
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labor_day_baby Mar 27, 2026 +6
When you take billions in bribes from the Saudi government, of corse they have to follow through. Don’t forget the billions they gave Kushner. Since he and Witkoff were the only ones formally negotiating for the US, guess how it’s going to go?
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icemanspy007 Mar 27, 2026 +5
Uh no. The US has been anti Iran for over 40 years now. You think this is new?
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Flyingcoyote Mar 27, 2026 +2
Laughable statement to say the least.
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mfishing Mar 27, 2026 +2
Feels like Donnie is being a “puppet” here, didn’t someone call him that in the debates???
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transcendental-ape Mar 27, 2026 +21
Well yeah. If the U.S. stops now the Iranians have total control over the straight and a new toll system will be implemented. Iran would be the first nation to be bombed into a superior strategic position.
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Notgreygoddess Mar 27, 2026 +133
US has basically become a gun for hire. Pay Orange Cheeto enough and he’ll cheerfully toss US military lives and equipment away, with zero consideration of the consequences. Just suck up to him and give him gaudy baubles; because the US states have no control of the monster that they built.
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MN_Yogi1988 Mar 27, 2026 +11
> he’ll cheerfully toss US military lives I’d feel bad for them but 60% of them voted for this
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ThoughtShes18 Mar 27, 2026 +6
Or maybe it’s a way to make people forget about how the president and members of the government love to r*** kids. It sure has made the trumpfiles less relevant in the news
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montex66 Mar 27, 2026 +125
15 out of 19 terrorists who caused 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia. Isn't it amazing how republicans can maintain a 60 year grudge against Jane Fonda, but can't remember who the bad guys were from 2001.
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icemanspy007 Mar 27, 2026 +45
Uh, we've been friends with the Saudis for about a century. That includes both Dems and Republican administration's. Not sure why youre focusing only on Republicans when it clearly has been a national policy for that long.
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DrunkyLittleGhost Mar 27, 2026 +10
Tbh, compare the current Saudi to Iran is kinda a insult to Saudi
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Even-Leave4099 Mar 27, 2026 +20
Saudi can handle the financial hit. I don’t doubt MBS thinks this.  This just moves the lever to a longer war which sucks for the rest of the world. 
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Fragrant_Rooster_763 Mar 27, 2026 +21
Saudi Arabia can fight a f****** war if they want.
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Glass-Amount-9170 Mar 27, 2026 +26
Then that’s exactly what trump is going to do
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absurdlydisingenuous Mar 27, 2026 +9
F*** right off. Take care of your own neighborhood a******
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namotous Mar 27, 2026 +4
Loll so much money and can’t even handle their own chores
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Godafton Mar 27, 2026 +25
The Saudi regime funded the 911 attacks.
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thermalcry Mar 27, 2026 +7
The 9/11 guys are telling America to keep attacking Iran? Lmao, ok.
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DeanoPreston Mar 27, 2026 +3
If you don't want to die for Israel, you can die for Saudi Arabia instead!
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PoetrySubstantial455 Mar 27, 2026 +6
They can fk off with that c***, taxpayers will be sacrificing their lives and paying for it.
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lynxbelt234 Mar 27, 2026 +3
Along with service personnel. How long does this nonsense go on? Political subterfuge supported by taxpayer dollars that eventually bankrupts the middle and lower class, and decimates the armed forces.
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Richie217 Mar 27, 2026 +8
US Military is now a Merc for hire. Way to go you MAGA dipshits.
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compuwiza1 Mar 27, 2026 +2
We are their army.
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Early_Retirement_007 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Let's also not forget - Saudi is mainly Sunni, while Iran is Shia. They've always resisted too much influence by their Shia rivals.
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chairmanlaue Mar 27, 2026 +2
MABAGA! Making anyone but America great again.
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doglywolf Mar 27, 2026 +2
Of course any business would love it when someone is bombing the shit out of their direct competition
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Rothguard Mar 27, 2026 +2
saudi in full panic the same as when saddam was in kuwait
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TrashCapable Mar 27, 2026 +2
MBS can send his own troops. As Trump says, pay their share.
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2CommaNoob Mar 27, 2026 +2
Why not? They are the least affect in the GCC because they have their pipeline and are far away from Iran. A refinery getting hit is worth it for Saudi as they can continue to sell $100 plus oil.
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nostra77 Mar 28, 2026 +2
People forget that Iran is SA nemesis only Listnook thinks life is black and white. Trump bad so Iran must be good SA main goal is probably a weak Iran so they share that with Israel The other part is the Sunni Shia split and Houthies in South of SA causing trouble for them There’s no friends just interest in geopolitics
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Sooperooser Mar 27, 2026 +4
Oil price was so low, Saudi Arabia couldn't finance their state budget anymore. Same with Russia. Then Trump starts the war, oil prices go up...
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boraboca Mar 27, 2026 +7
That’s meaningless if you can’t sell the oil
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theflyingsamurai Mar 27, 2026 +2
They can sell their oil. UAE/qatar/bahrain need the strait open to do business but Saudi's have a pipeline to the red sea. While the straight is more convenient, their pipeline on paper has the capacity to cover their total oil output. In fact their east West pipeline was built with this exact scenario in mind.
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Justryan95 Mar 27, 2026 +4
Why cant the Jews and Arabs handle their own war in the Middle East. Why are we being dragged into this
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Okay-Crickets545 Mar 27, 2026 +5
Iranians aren’t Arabs
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Justryan95 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Saudis are.
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BRIAUGPET Mar 27, 2026 +5
It’s a trap
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freeblowjobiffound Mar 27, 2026 +2
It Satrap
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Plus-Visit-764 Mar 27, 2026 +1
“AmErIcA fIrST” We will remember this, GOP.
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Difficult_Main_5617 Mar 27, 2026 +3
Sources say the phrase "Whoop they ass" appeared more than 75 times in the correspondence.
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sadferret123 Mar 27, 2026 +3
> Trump appeared to confirm the report about the crown prince’s role, telling journalists on Tuesday: “Yeah, he’s a warrior. He’s fighting with us.” Incredible. I'm sure MBS is happy to fight to the last US troop that lands in Iran, and I'm sure those troops are ecstatic to be doing the bidding of a Saudi Arabian dictator.
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GuiltyAnalysis3316 Mar 27, 2026 +9
Of course, they are worried that war might cause people to rise up against them.  Family of dictators, not to mention their horrible deeds.   They only exist because of oil and because they give a lot of money to the US.
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WobblyFrisbee Mar 27, 2026 +3
Kill, baby, kill! What a sad time for our world. It does not have to be this way. I hope better people can run things soon.
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known2fail Mar 27, 2026 +3
They sell oil and make more money from these higher prices.
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jphamlore Mar 27, 2026 +5
I just don't see a path for how current attacks, or for whatever a few thousand airborne and Marines can do, can force the unrestricted opening of the Strait of Hormuz to normal commercial traffic, as long as the IRGC says no. The IRGC can credibly argue they can hold out at least 60 more days, at which point catastrophic damage would have been done to the world economic system and to United States allies in the Gulf. How does Saudi Arabia propose to force an Iranian surrender?
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Sweet_Concept2211 Mar 27, 2026 +19
They aren't hoping for surrender. The goal of Saudi Arabia, Israel, and UAE is the total collapse of Iran as a state, rendering them incapable of force projection in this lifetime, or the next. When they ask America to "finish the job", they mean "kill Iran as a country".
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VentureIndustries Mar 27, 2026 +4
There’s other crazy parts of this conflict too, like the push from some in the Arab world to rename the Persian Gulf into the Arab Gulf (sound familiar?) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_Gulf_naming_dispute?wprov=sfti1
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ReadIcculus555 Mar 27, 2026 +2
The path is the IRGC stops existing or at least stops being in power over Iran and someone more sane takes over. That's the goal so long as Trump doesn't TACO out of the war.
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Chiinoe Mar 27, 2026 +2
No, you.
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Tyler_Durden69420 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Crazy that Trump somehow made the USA both Israel’s b**** and Saudi Arabia’s b****.
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diablol3 Mar 27, 2026 +2
All those comedians that sold out to go there gave them the confidence to know what they could get away with.
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Raphiki415 Mar 28, 2026 +2
How’d the US go from Global Super Power to everyone’s b****?
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wrr3jr Mar 27, 2026 +2
Funny how we are now part of the so called “axis of evil”(actually scary as shit!!)
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ReadIcculus555 Mar 27, 2026 +2
Last I checked we are not allied with Russia, Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi slavers.
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taskforceslacker Mar 27, 2026 +1
Not on the 2026 Bingo card.
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Rearviewmirror93 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Why not? They paid for it.
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CheeseburgerLocker Mar 27, 2026 +1
Datacenters need to go brrrrrr Trump has a huge stake in UAE and Qatar where he wants to build datacenters for his AI bullshit. Trillions on the line here.
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DrDankDankDank Mar 27, 2026 +1
Hmmmm. Turns out it’s pretty c**** to rent the US military.
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PhilosophyGullible14 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Does that surprise anyone? It's not like they have been fighting each other for a few centuries or anything..
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VeterinarianMoist605 Mar 27, 2026 +1
"Intelligence"
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Johannes_P Mar 27, 2026 +1
I wonder how many Saudi military forces are participating to the venture. At least, unlike the USA, mercenaries are *paid* for the priviledge to fight for another.
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MercantileReptile Mar 27, 2026 +1
Really risky bet. Personally, using their influence to keep the US from digging the latrine ever depper would have seemed more prudent. But what do I know, I'm not a megalomaniac with too much money and bonesaw hemnchmen.
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goalsforscholes Mar 27, 2026 +1
F*** Saudi Arabia
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Knightrider319 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Or what, they’ll do another 9/11?
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BPD-lover69 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Of course ! Cha Ching cha Ching ca Ching
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lizkbyer Mar 27, 2026 +1
Saudi Arabia is NOT our friend
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twaggle Mar 27, 2026 +1
This is what I kinda don’t really get. Shouldn’t all the other ME countries (Iraq, Kuwait, SA, Qatar, UAE, and maybe Oman) be furious with Iran for destroying their shipping network as well and be doing everything they can to stop them so they can continue to trade? Like Trump is a huge pos for starting this, but now that’s it happened having a state like Iran have this much control over world oil is bad isn’t it?
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LordOfTheSevenSeA69 Mar 27, 2026 +1
I dont understand what can Saudi gain? Wont Iran just attack all the Arab Nations critical facilities in retaliation?? I mean their entire economies depend on those infra and if they are hit how do they plan on rebuilding??
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Intrepid_Top_2300 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Listening to an axe murderer and a genocidal maniac, about fighting in a war. What could go wrong.
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NoBreakfast4 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Oh look at that… it’s not just Israel pushing for the war now is it
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TOMC_throwaway000000 Mar 27, 2026 +1
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doolpicate Mar 27, 2026 +1
Trump is a contractor?
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Vegetable-Ad-9284 Mar 27, 2026 +1
I know a military operation that we could do that wouldn't be as controversial...
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Agreeable_Fly_310 Mar 27, 2026 +1
Are those the geniuses behind 'the line'? Good idea to take their advice
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