[AZFolks]

I heard a program on NPR today where a lot of what Hersh says was refuted, not by left wingers, but by some reasonable people from industry who have had significant dealings with Saudi and who have lived there. No one is to take this to mean the Saudis are not corrupt but it seems the author really overstated the case.

[vrwc54]

You actually listen to NPR? lol

[San Jacinto]

Saudi Arabia is a trainwreck waiting to happen. It is fertile ground for the next Taliban-like government.

[ganesha]

For more information on this subject I would recommend reading "The Rise Corruption And Coming Fall Of The House of Saud" by Said Aburish Based on what I read in that book, the article by Seymour Hersh seems believable. The combination of political corruption, religious fanatacism, and financial insolvency caused by massive debt is going to kill them.

[ken5050]

Seymour Hersh does lack credibility, to say the least..

[Howlin]

I heard the same program. Seymour has lost "it," IMO.