[Rockingham]

Agreed. I would put the Saudis on the frenemy list and have little hesitation to hammer them if they get out of line. Then again, the Saudis deserve considerable credit for now because they recently provided essential economic and political support to the Egyptian military in their crushing of the Muslim Brotherhood.

[dfwgator]

The only reason is that the Muslim Brotherhood is in the way of the Saudis spreading Wahhabism throughout the globe.