Nobody is talking about the real Achilles heel of the Middle East: water. The GCC: Dubai, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia have almost zero natural fresh water. More than 60% of their entire water supply comes from desalination plants. Factories that convert seawater into drinking water. Cut off the oil and the economy hurts. Destroy the desalination plants and the cities die.(𝗡𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰)