Saudi Arabia’s Washington visit exposes US Iran threat chaos as Trump talks tough without a plan or allied backing Right, so Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s defence minister, the crown prince’s brother, went to Washington, told the Americans that after weeks of threats you don’t just walk away from the noise you’re making without handing Iran a win, and then left without being told what the hell the US is actually planning, not that anyone else is much the wiser right now. But at the same time, Saudi Arabia has gone on the record saying its airspace and territory are not available for any attack that the US might launch. Those two facts together kill a fantasy Washington lives off. The US is threatening war without locking in allies, without clarity, and without anyone agreeing to share the consequences. So a strike would land as America acting ...