[kabar]

I admire VDH, but he is wrong on this one. We need more Saudis to be exposed to Western values and ideas. When the Saudi economy went into the tank in the 90s and per capita income dropped from around 28K to 6K, the Saudis started constructing more domestic universities, which really taught nothing except religion. This further isolates the Saudis from the rest of the world.

Many of the current Saudi leaders have been educated in Europe and the US. It is a good thing. Also, the reality is that the worldly Saudis live two distinct lives, one in the Kingdom and the other while living in the West. The only way we are going to influence what is going on in the Kingdom is to encourage more contact with the West.

[taxed2death]

"I admire VDH, but he is wrong on this one. We need more Saudis to be exposed to Western values and ideas."

There in lies the problem. All they are "exposed" too is leftist anti-American bullshit on these college campuses!