For decades, the US and Saudi Arabia have had a balance of asymmetries in which we depended on them as the swing producer of oil, and they depended on us for ultimate military security. Now the bargains will be struck on somewhat better terms from America’s point of view.
几十年来，美国和沙特存在一种不对称的平衡，我们依赖他们作为见机行事的石油生产者，而他们依赖我们作为最终军事安全力量。