Is explanation 2 supposed to be outlandish? A country like Saudia Arabia is going to use every tactic possible to combat their asymmetry with the West. It's n

Is explanation 2 supposed to be outlandish? A country like Saudia Arabia is going to use every tactic possible to combat their asymmetry with the West. It's not the crown prince personally having someone cook up a trojan for him -- it's their national apparatus deciding that free potential leverage over influential Americans is a worthwhile pursuit.