But the government has to be deposed and the inhabitants particulary the ruling class and clergy have to be purged( no upper class and we can MTVize the remaining Arab mob in a generation). We also need to be able to seize the oilfields by surprise so the Saudis don't set them on fire.
The hubris of empire.
But the government has to be deposed and the inhabitants particulary the ruling class and clergy have to be purged( no upper class and we can MTVize the remaining Arab mob in a generation).The real problem of terrorism in S.A. is not the ruling class. The problem in S.A. is the "Arab Mob" -- the numerous fanatic Wahabi.
BTW, we maintain the no-fly zone in Iraq from a base in S.A. So how could S.A. be more of a problem than Iraq if we use S.A. bases to quell Iraq?