[Leaning Right]

This leaves the Saudis as about the only ally in the region.

And the really sad thing is that the Saudis are not really our allies at all.They tolerate us because we protect them militarily. We tolerate them because...well, I don't know.

[Soul of the South]

“They tolerate us because we protect them militarily. We tolerate them because...well, I don’t know.”

Follow the money. That’s why we tolerate the Saudi’s. One money trail goes to the Bush family, another to the Clintons.