🚨🇸🇦🇾🇪 Saudi Arabia asked Washington to lead a war against the Houthis and was turned down Kan News reports Mohammed bin Salman made the request to CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper at a meeting earlier this month. Washington declined direct leadership, citing that the Houthis are not targeting American vessels in the Red Sea, but told the crown prince it would support Saudi operations against the group. That refusal makes sense on the numbers. Patriot and ATACMS stocks in Europe are already rated beyond critical, the war has burned about 1,700 Patriot interceptors, and commanders stopped retaliating for attacks on shipping partly to conserve what is left. Riyadh is watching the Houthis close Mokha, hit the Jizan refinery and destroy nine storage tanks, and it has been told to handle that alone. The same month, MBS signed a mutual defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan that the Wall Street Journal tied directly to doubts about the American security umbrella. Source: Kan News / Writer: Daniel