resigned. and all of these events are taking place against a backdrop of growing saudi arabia and saudi and iranian tensions that has everybody on edge daniel agger is a mideast expert and chief editor of current affairs magazine xenophon a very good evening to you daniel so this scene for us please if you will where why this hardline now against lebanon why is saudi bahrain kuwait and the u.a.e. taking on beirut. i think because they can and because they think it's an appropriate moment in particular this accounts for a moment in some on the powerful crown prince of saudi arabia he feels that this is this moment he has the backing of the united states because there is no real u.s. presence and no yet real u.s. policy on the middle east and i think it's for him i understand that this is an opportune moment for him to try his luck but with regard to the other gulf states that are of course very close to saudi arabia and coordinate the policy in particular but in the united arab emirates not so much kuwait i think the decision