so if we look at this operation, the first sort of major decision taken by the new king in saudi. we know the saudis have zero desire to occupy yemen. they could have done it in the past. they have avoided that place at great pains. so now that they re prepared to do this, what does that tell you about the threat that they fear is coming clearly not just from the houthi rebels but also from iran? exactly. they re looking at they perceive this as a threat from the iranians. they look at the houthis as nothing more than a proxi iranian force, just like we can look at hezbollah as a proxi iranian force in southern lebanon. so they feel there s a threat and they re going to do this before the situation gets worse. what they do not want is an iranian-run state on their southern border, because they already feel they have enough problems on their northern border with the iranians exercising a lot of power in