Is USA good at digging long knives out of it's back?

[old steel]

The fix is in.


https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/877242361977417729/Jsv2AmNb?format=jpg&name=600x314


BEIRUT // Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince and defence minister, Mohammed bin Salman, met with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Moscow in an effort to boost bilateral ties.

"Relations between Saudi Arabia and Russia are seeing one of their best stages at the moment," said Prince Mohammed, according to Russia’s state-run Tass news agency. "We have achieved much in the preceding period, but we have to do still more.


http://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/saudi-arabias-mohammed-bin-salman-meets-putin-in-moscow

[old steel]

The fix is in.


https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/877242361977417729/Jsv2AmNb?format=jpg&name=600x314


BEIRUT // Saudi Arabia’s deputy crown prince and defence minister, Mohammed bin Salman, met with Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Moscow in an effort to boost bilateral ties.

"Relations between Saudi Arabia and Russia are seeing one of their best stages at the moment," said Prince Mohammed, according to Russia’s state-run Tass news agency. "We have achieved much in the preceding period, but we have to do still more.


http://www.thenational.ae/world/europe/saudi-arabias-mohammed-bin-salman-meets-putin-in-moscow


Oh and they absolutely have to break American shale oil producers, this time around for good.

[vacuum]

The whole war in Syria is basically Russia vs Saudi Arabia + Israel.

The Saudis want their oil pipleline into Europe. Israel wants a cut of the oil profits.

Russia, Syria, and Iran don't want this. Iran hates Saudi Arabia. Russia wants exclusive access to European energy needs.

I don't see the Saudi-Russian relationship really being that strong.