I believe the Saudi King is more intent on business than jihad. The problem is his populace is heavily tilted toward the Wahbbi sect of Islam, one of the most anti-US sects there are.
If the King were to overplay his hand, the kingdom would be in jeopardy.
I see a lot of talk about taking Saudi Arabia to task, and I would love to see it moderate, but after seeing what took place in Iran in 1978, I’m not willing to watch the Saudi government push change ‘at any price’.
We need to be quite careful what we advocate for Saudi Arabia. We may get what we want short term, only to pay for fifty years if it isn’t done right.
Yep. I remember the "Don't Stop the War in Iraq" thing where hundreds of terrorists stood in from of the window of the Saudi ambassador to Britain, silently reminding him and the rest of his government that al Qaeda promised to overthrow them for dealing with the Great Satan. I could have sworn I saved the photograph but can't find it. And when I looked on the web, it looks like it got expunged along with kalifah.com, the terrorist site that organized that little show.