[wtd]

Hugh Fitzgerald never disappoints with his essays. In this particular essay, he repeats a quote which I've bookmarked for reference when commenting on posts discussing our government characterization of the Saudis as our allies...

King Fahd expressed this mentality in 1993 when in Jeddah he famously said:

I summon my blue-eyed slaves anytime it pleases me. I command the Americans to send me their bravest soldiers to die for me. Anytime I clap my hands a stupid genie called the American ambassador appears to do my bidding. When the Americans die in my service their bodies are frozen in metal boxes by the US Embassy and American airplanes carry them away, as if they never existed. Truly, America is my favorite slave.

[WayneS]

I think anyone who does business with the Saudis should suffer the same fate...

[PGalt]

OUTSTANDING post. Thanks. Fitzgerald is FANTASTIC. BUMP!