, Columnist
Saudi Arabia Has No Excuse for Its Military Failures
Why has it left infrastructure critical for the world economy so vulnerable?
The attack on the world’s biggest crude-processing facility needs a global response.
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President Donald Trump has declared that, once it has been verified that Iran was indeed responsible for last weekend’s attack on major Saudi Arabian oil facilities, the U.S. is “locked and loaded.” To do what, exactly, is unclear.
Trump has previously threatened the Islamic Republic with “overwhelming force,” but only if it attacked American targets. Last month, he ordered — and then canceled — an American bombing run against Iranian sites, but that was in response to the downing of an American drone.