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dalton99a

(94,066 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:12 AM 6 hrs ago

Saudi Prince Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/saudi-prince-iran-trump.html

Saudi Prince Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls
Prince Mohammed bin Salman sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by U.S. officials on the conversations.
By Julian E. Barnes, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt
March 24, 2026, 9:06 a.m. ET

Saudi Arabia’s de facto leader, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has been pushing President Trump to continue the war against Iran, arguing that the U.S.-Israeli military campaign presents a “historic opportunity” to remake the Middle East, according to people briefed by American officials on the conversations.

In a series of conversations over the last week, Prince Mohammed has conveyed to Mr. Trump that he must press toward the destruction of Iran’s hard-line government, the people familiar with the conversations said.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel also views Iran as a long-term threat, but analysts say Israeli officials would probably view a failed Iranian state that is too caught up in internal turmoil to menace Israel as a win, while Saudi Arabia views a failed state in Iran as a grave and direct security threat.

But senior officials in both the Saudi and American governments worry that if the conflict drags on, Iran could deliver ever more punishing attacks on Saudi oil installations and the United States could be stuck in an endless war.

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Bonesaw should pay for his own damn wars

Of the 19 hijackers who carried out 9/11: 15 were Saudi Arabian, two were from UAE and one each from Egypt and Lebanon. None from Iraq. None from Iran.





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Saudi Prince Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls (Original Post) dalton99a 6 hrs ago OP
There's always a replacement beast waiting in the wings UTUSN 6 hrs ago #1
First thing I read this morning flamingdem 5 hrs ago #14
In other words, after a couple billion $ paid to assface and his cronies, Buns_of_Fire 6 hrs ago #2
How many soldiers is Saudi Arabia committing to the effort? Renew Deal 6 hrs ago #3
As many of ours as it takes durablend 6 hrs ago #7
Well, now that Iran knows a Saudi prince is pulling Trump's strings, Baitball Blogger 6 hrs ago #4
Bonesaw should think about his desalination plants dalton99a 6 hrs ago #6
Somebody here on DU -- in the know unlike me -- displacedvermoter 6 hrs ago #5
+1 dalton99a 6 hrs ago #8
This ghoul has got to go! purr-rat beauty 4 hrs ago #15
Bonesaw is a psychopath. Just like DJ. They don't "moderate" anything. littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #13
Yes United States Coolgoober 6 hrs ago #9
I hope that becomes common knowledge all over the Middle East. Solly Mack 6 hrs ago #10
I wonder if the Saudi's have a copy of the Epstein files? LOL nt Javaman 5 hrs ago #11
Remember when all those intelligence assets ended up dead? LuvLoogie 5 hrs ago #12
Trump is a treasonous traitor. I don't care what the law says! KPN 4 hrs ago #16
So, we're fighting a proxy war for the Saudis????? BurnDoubt 4 hrs ago #17
Be careful what you wish for Arazi 4 hrs ago #18
Points 1 and 2, or 2 and 1. taxi 4 hrs ago #22
The Saudis are about to find out if they will get their money's worth. Marcuse 4 hrs ago #19
He's gonna wind up like Shah Reza Pahlavi if this keeps up. Crowman2009 4 hrs ago #20
Israeli and Saudi foreign policy via American blood. paleotn 4 hrs ago #21
Yeah, I'll just bet he does Warpy 3 hrs ago #23
Dear Maga, Nice teenage son you got there... PuraVidaDreamin 3 hrs ago #24

UTUSN

(77,700 posts)
1. There's always a replacement beast waiting in the wings
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:20 AM
6 hrs ago

************QUOTE*********

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming
The Second Coming
By William Butler Yeats
1919

Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.


Surely some revelation is at hand;
Surely the Second Coming is at hand.
The Second Coming! Hardly are those words out
When a vast image out of Spiritus Mundi
Troubles my sight: somewhere in sands of the desert
A shape with lion body and the head of a man,
A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun,
Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it
Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds.
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

Copyright Credit: n/a
Source: The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats (1989)


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Buns_of_Fire

(19,143 posts)
2. In other words, after a couple billion $ paid to assface and his cronies,
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:24 AM
6 hrs ago

Mohammed bin Bonesaw expects a return on his investment.

Baitball Blogger

(52,296 posts)
4. Well, now that Iran knows a Saudi prince is pulling Trump's strings,
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:30 AM
6 hrs ago

I guess you all know what's going to happen next.

displacedvermoter

(4,387 posts)
5. Somebody here on DU -- in the know unlike me --
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:37 AM
6 hrs ago

explained to me last week how the Saudis were a moderating force in the region, and never mind any alleged role in 911.

Remember anyone when Bush I got found out about showing Saudi officials war planning maps prior to the events in Gulf War I? Big story on 60 Minutes, very shocking at the time.

Nothing much has changed, although the Trump foreign affairs people are certainly far dumber than anyone Papa Bush had to mollify the Saudis.

littlemissmartypants

(33,280 posts)
13. Bonesaw is a psychopath. Just like DJ. They don't "moderate" anything.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:42 AM
5 hrs ago
Characteristics of Psychopaths

1. Aggressive, callous, and cunning
2. Complete absence of conscience and empathy
3. Very adept at manipulating others
4. Willingness to engage in immoral, criminal conduct
5. Willingness to take what they want and do as they please, regardless of who is hurt or wronged
6. Deceptive ability to appear outwardly benevolent
7. Deceptive ability to behave in superficially charming ways to hide purely selfish motives
8. Willingness to use intimidation and violence to control others in order to satisfy their own needs
9. Willingness to intentionally violate the basic inherent human rights of others
10. Complete absence of any sense of guilt or remorse for the harm their actions have caused to others
11. Rationalization of their own immoral behavior
12. Will attempt to lay blame upon someone else for their own conduct
13. Denial, will deny their own wrongdoing outright
14. Utter contemptuousness toward the feelings and desires of their fellow beings
15. Pathological lying, will say anything without any concern for truth to advance their own hidden agendas
16. Ablity to feign [fake] normal human emotions and empathy
17. Distorted sense of the consequences of their actions
18. Total failure to accept any responsibility for their own socially irresponsible ways
19. Strong bellef that they will never be brought to justice for their criminal behavior

Coolgoober

(318 posts)
9. Yes United States
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:47 AM
6 hrs ago

Keep using your blood and treasure so we can be safe and keep beheading our own people every now and again.

LuvLoogie

(8,807 posts)
12. Remember when all those intelligence assets ended up dead?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 11:20 AM
5 hrs ago

Kushner with no security clearance, overridden by trump, had access to that info. He likely sold it to the prince for the cash. The prince has the receipts.

We'll be there until the prince is satisfied.

Arazi

(8,879 posts)
18. Be careful what you wish for
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:24 PM
4 hrs ago

Riyadh only exists because of their very vulnerable desalination plants …

It’s obvious to me that Traitor’s comments yesterday were designed to 1. prop up the market and 2. stall for time until the Marines get into the region on Friday.

That someone wants the blame for extending this war to fall on the Saudis is just another data point. Same as blaming Netanyahu for instigating this fiasco in the first place.

Don’t be fooled. This is all Traitor (and Hegseth’s) responsibility

Crowman2009

(3,520 posts)
20. He's gonna wind up like Shah Reza Pahlavi if this keeps up.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:43 PM
4 hrs ago

Especially if the water spigot runs dry.

paleotn

(22,177 posts)
21. Israeli and Saudi foreign policy via American blood.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 12:44 PM
4 hrs ago

Who's using who, Donnie.

And for the last damn time, Israel is a rich country. They don't need our military freebees. Not through my tax dollars. If you think differently, feel free to donate individually and leave the rest of us out of it.

Warpy

(114,582 posts)
23. Yeah, I'll just bet he does
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 01:44 PM
3 hrs ago

The Saudis have been pushing this war for decades and they finally got an administration that was both stupid and pig ignorant and willing to do their dirty work for them.

I doubt the Saudis realized how stupidly this war would be fought, the Strait of Hormuz neglected until it was blocked.

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