but america is not a good friend, and donald trump is a very bad friend.
so, you know. you get what you deserve.
the reason that the turks and saudis are both dead-set on this, despite both being in a longstanding cold war again iran, is that they worry that the precedent will be set against them. and they're right.
i don't think that torpedoing khamenei's residence is going to topple the regime. it might, maybe, moderate it. he's a fucking stubborn old man and his time to die is already past.
i don't think removing mbs in saudi arabia would help either, as he actually appears to be more moderate than the older generation, which is still technically in charge. mbs is but a mere prince. he might even still get snubbed. it happened to bandar bush.
i do think that taking erdogan out would be helpful to the turkish people, but i don't think that's on any table except the anarchist's table, and that table is not invited to the white house.
could you imagine the germans or the danes or the french denying america access to their air space? the turks are even in nato.
with friends like these, who needs enemies?