transformation plan, I think are a recognition that they need to be a little more realistic. It remains to be seen how that plan will be scaled back, what new targets will be introduced, but the combination of challenges in the region, but especially the fact that under lower oil prices and slowly rising interest rates, this is a more difficult thing to do. And at the same time, they have managed themselves entangled in this regional, in this standoff with Qatar. They've got a lot of issues there. And with Al Jazeera as well, there's like a lot of bitterness between those two countries. Yeah, a lot of bitterness. And I think it's ended up, I think the Saudis went into it expecting the Qataris to yield very quickly. And the Qataris have a lot of money to wait them out. And I think the Saudis misjudged. And so that's, it's not to say that that's the reason they're changing, instead of changing their tune. But the Saudis are spending a lot of money every month, waging the conflict in (43/45)
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