polymathwannabe comments on Open thread, Jan. 18 - Jan. 24, 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 21 January 2016 04:50:36PM *  0 points [-]

the reason was to stump the sudden economic growth of their enemy

I get that. But by cutting their own lifeblood? On what basis do Saudi strategists estimate that the damage to the Saudi economy will be small enough compared to the damage to the Iranian one?