Not all tyrants behave and speak like pre-schoolers. His words are as clear and plain-spoken as could be and Juan Cole has not given any evidence as to why those words should not be taken literally. Because:
(1) It's clear that the Saudi's hate Iran, and we all know there are hawks here that want to see Iran bombed into submission.
(2) The US loves to make huge weapons deals with SA.
(3) The Saudis just made a huge weapons deal with Russia, and Iran has as well.
(4) Neocon hawks would love to see the SA and Iran bash it out while using expensive weaponry purchased from the US and not getting any US citizens killed.
(5) Bin Salman is an effective and bloodthirsty tyrant who has demonstrated that he should be taken seriously.
It sounds to me like bin Salman has presented us his clear goal for eliminating Iran. But if he says 10-15 years, he's probably planning for an assault to happen much sooner.
Not all tyrants behave and speak like pre-schoolers. His words are as clear and plain-spoken as could be and Juan Cole has not given any evidence as to why those words should not be taken literally. Because:
(1) It's clear that the Saudi's hate Iran, and we all know there are hawks here that want to see Iran bombed into submission.
(2) The US loves to make huge weapons deals with SA.
(3) The Saudis just made a huge weapons deal with Russia, and Iran has as well.
(4) Neocon hawks would love to see the SA and Iran bash it out while using expensive weaponry purchased from the US and not getting any US citizens killed.
(5) Bin Salman is an effective and bloodthirsty tyrant who has demonstrated that he should be taken seriously.
It sounds to me like bin Salman has presented us his clear goal for eliminating Iran. But if he says 10-15 years, he's probably planning for an assault to happen much sooner.