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OftenBen  ·  2145 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: UN: 2/3rds of Yemenis could face starvation by end of 2018

Obama offered the Saudis $115 billion in weapons.

So, I'm not sure your point is a salient one. Sure, anything that hurts oil hurts KSA in the super long term, but in the short term they aren't hurting for guns or customers for their oil.