No matter how I try to balance: "these are people who are killers and venally evil in nearly every sense of the word" and "But they are still intelligent and because they aim to maintain their significant power, they have to act in a measured, limited way that still involved logic and allows most 'little people' to go about their business AND we need to understand logic of these things BECAUSE these people influence so much.".

No matter how much I couch and balance my words, there's always someone ready to jump in with the crude simplification. Frick-off, jeesh.

And to further clarify, the Saudis don't murder exiles, in particular, wholesale. They do murder the Houthas and several other groups wholesale.

Relax I was just joking - I get what you’re trying to say