Bin Salman pressures Trump to continue war, conduct ground operations and overthrow the Iranian regime

The crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed bin Salman, believes he is facing a “historic opportunity” to overthrow the Islamic Republic of Iran, redraw the map of the Middle East and lead the region without the opposition of his nemesis. According to The New York Timesthe ruler in fact of the Wahhabi kingdom, known by its acronym as MBS, does not want to hear about a negotiated solution to the war, an option that Donald Trump says he is contemplating to relieve pressure on the markets.

The Saudi crown prince wants to go to the end, put an end to the ayatollah regime, and to do so he considers it necessary to redouble the attacks against Iranian energy infrastructure or carry out ground operations to take sensitive enclaves for Tehran such as the strategic island of Jark, the oil exporting core of the country that the United States attacked in mid-March.

According to The New York TimesMBS does not hide his intentions in his dialogues with Trump. A Trump who, however, says he has held “productive conversations” with Tehran in recent days “about a complete and total resolution of our hostilities.” Iran flatly rejects the White House tenant’s version.

In public, Riyadh says it defends the diplomatic route. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has always supported a peaceful resolution to this conflict, even before it began,” states the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the note, however, the Wahhabi kingdom accuses Tehran of having opted “for a dangerous game on the edge of the abyss instead of serious diplomatic solutions.” “This harms all parties involved, but none more so than Iran,” the letter concludes.

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries are the main victims of the war. Iranian retaliation hit the desert kingdom’s energy infrastructure. Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates also reported almost daily attacks on their main oil refineries.

The big thorn in the side of the petro-monarchies of the Gulf is the blockade of Hormuz. Much of the oil from Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Kuwait must cross the strait to reach international markets, even though Saudi Arabia built an oil pipeline for decades in case Hormuz closed one day. That day arrived.