How Not to Punish the Saudis on Oil Prices

President Biden and Democrats in Congress are furious at Saudi Arabia for pushing the OPEC cartel to reduce oil production, and they’re threatening “consequences.” The ingenious plan seems to be to tell the Saudis that unless they do what Mr. Biden wants, the U.S. will shoot itself in the head.

The Saudis last week joined OPEC, Russia and other oil producers in cutting their output by two million barrels a day. As the Journal reported this week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made the decision despite U.S. entreaties to wait at least until after the November election.