Agreed. No doubt. When you have the money. You go for the best of best. If you can afford a Mercedez, BMW, Rolls Royce, Porsche then you don't go for Suzuki Mehran. It's that simple and I wish many of my dumb countrymen woke up to this fact. Saudia Arabia/GCC will go for the best from US, UK, France etc.
As Pakistani's we are left out cold in the servant quarters to b*tch and moan about US and the West. And some of us pull our d*cks out and masturbate about the ummah.
KSA or the GCC is not blindly following anyone but only a fool would not recognize the wide-ranging and multidimensional clout of the so far only superpower on the planet. The US. A superpower that was even more powerful when the First Gulf War began which occurred almost simultaneously with the collapse of the USSR. Back then the US/West were also much more dependent on oil from KSA/Iraq/GCC/Gulf region in general. Nor is it in their interests for a hegemony in the region (in this case Saddam Hussein and Iraq) to emerge hence why they are fueling the proxy wars in the region to this very day 30 years after.
As I wrote, the US (as they played the biggest role in chasing Saddam Hussein away from Kuwait - UK, France, KSA, Egypt, Pakistan etc. all played a minor role and for most (if I am not wrong Pakistan as an example) they never really fought a single battle. For instance the only fighting done in KSA was the fighting in a small coastal town called Khafji and Saudi Arabian soldiers performed well as per the words of US generals (Schwarzkopf) and helped liberate the city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Khafji
It's worth having in mind that Iraq back then had the 4th largest army in the world. Obviously tiny Kuwait did not stand a chance although there was resistance by locals albeit futile (surprise, surprise). Nothing to be ashamed of at all.
I can't speak for other GCC states but KSA (the regime that is) has arguably been one of the most calculated and clever regimes in the region. The House of Saud has been a constant in the region (modern-era) like no other. Other countries have been ravaged by civil wars, revolutions, "Islamic" revolutions, military coups in the dozens, shifts in ideology (Arabism, Islamism, communism etc.) KSA has weathered them all while being pronounced "dead" multiple times. Now MBS is engage in another kind of war that so far has been a remarkable success. Obviously it is hard not to be impressed if one is familiar with the region.
Hence in point China being the largest trade partner for years, relations with Russia reaching unseen heights (just recently a nuclear partnership was signed) etc. So yes, KSA is in good hands by large. Obviously this makes certain people angry.