Since when does the USA military back the priorities of Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia is making a very big mistake in providing ultimatums to Iran based on the idea the USA military is at it's disposal. If Saudi Arabia needed USA military assistance, that should have occurred when the confrontation first broke out with Yemen, not now when Saudi Arabia has a grand vision of eliminating Iran.

The USA can assist Saudi Arabia, as it has in the past, by interrupting armaments into the region by boarding ships carrying illegal shipments. It can provide military advisors to improve the performance of the Saudi military, but, enter into a regional war that will be the end of peace in the Middle East forever, is out of the question.

May 20, 2019

In this handout photo provided by the US Marine Corps, US Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. David Arendt carries his gear across the flight deck of the USS Lewis B. Puller upon embarkation in the Arabian Gulf, on May 11

Riyahd - Saudi Arabia said (click here) on Sunday it wanted to avert war in the region but stood ready to respond with “all strength” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, telling Iran that the ball was now in its court.

Riyadh has accused Tehran of ordering Tuesday’s drone strikes on two oil pumping stations in the kingdom, claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi group. Two days earlier, four vessels, including two Saudi oil tankers, were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. In response, countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) began “enhanced security patrols” in the international waters of the Arabian Gulf area on Saturday, the US Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said on Sunday. 

Iran has denied involvement in either operation, which come as Washington and the Islamic republic spar over sanctions and the US military presence in the region, raising concerns about a potential US-Iran conflict.

“The kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not want a war in the region nor does it seek that,” Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al Jubeir told a news conference.

“It will do what it can to prevent this war and at the same time it reaffirms that in the event the other side chooses war, the kingdom will respond with all force and determination, and it will defend itself and its interests.”

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Sunday invited Gulf and Arab leaders to convene emergency summits in Mecca on May 30 to discuss implications of the attacks....