[Cronos]

It's time to prop up 9discreetly of course) a Hashemite ruler -- they would have a lot more acceptance. Propose the King of Jordan as the Hashemite Emire of ARabia and let Jordan return to being hte land for the Palestinians. Voila we solve two problems.

[Mackey]

So how do we help establish a Hashemite kingdom in Arabia? We can't take over the country directly since encroaching on the land of Mohammed would be likely to inflame the passions of heretofore "moderate" muslims. Any significant drop in Saudi oil production would tip the world economy into a tailspin and we would suffer the consequences.