iraqi political and diplomatic space and you know there is the jockeying for competition and for greater influence is likely to continue for some time there was real showing good saudi arabia that the oil facilities there could be so easily targeted and destroyed so you know after the shock then comes the realization and that being that saudi arabia cannot defend itself as well as was assumed is there an added responsibility for the united states. well it is if the united states chooses to make it an added responsibility that saudi arabia has for a long time fallen under the u.s. security guarantee that said saudi arabia is not a treaty ally of the united states and not to signal matters so the u.s. is not obligated to come to the defense of saudi arabia that said given the longstanding security relationship between the 2 you know it is likely that the