Saudi Arabia intruded on India in the most unexpected of ways: by provoking US President Barack Obama to cut short his visit to India and instead visit Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. It could not have been otherwise, given the historicity of US-Saudi relations and Saudi Arabia’s recent role in actively aiding the US in bankrupting the Russian and Iranian economies.Saudi Arabia intruded on India in the most unexpected of ways: by provoking US President Barack Obama to cut short his visit to India and instead visit Saudi Arabia following the death of King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz. It could not have been otherwise, given the historicity of US-Saudi relations and Saudi Arabia’s recent role in actively aiding the US in bankrupting the Russian and Iranian economies.