The Saudi Army and Its Commanders... Thank You and a Thousand Thanks

Sometimes it is wise to respond with a deterrent punishment, especially if one has long endured the aggressor’s rudeness. How much more so when the perpetrator is a group operating outside the law and both national and international legitimacy?

This introduction serves as a prelude to Saudi Arabia’s response to terrorist crimes committed by an Iranian-backed militia group from Iraqi territory. Such an act of terrorist aggression must, by every national, regional, and international standard, be met with severe accountability. For discipline, at times, requires amputating the diseased limb. …