>>520681186
Yes, actually.
But more so, they plan to be powerful in their own right. They seek to suck the lifeblood out of the U.S. and become the regional power of the middle east.
They will trade with China, they will partake in political maneuvering in South America, they will control the Gulf States to their south.
They don't want to be a leech forever. They want to wield real power. And it looks like that will happen unless we do something.