Actually the Saudis were part of the problem there
"Daddy's War" started because Saddam made no secret of his intentions to annex KSA's Gulf regions at the minimum once he was finished chewing on Kuwait.
Yeah, Israel is the better comparison. Both want an authoritarian government that will exterminate the minority they don't want around. Both like to use the violence of the system to do it, but aren't afraid to let the MIC bomb them to bits