Please disregard my previous reply...I've read and listened to so much US bashing in the past two weeks that my tired brain automatically read that as "US" instead of "EU"
Sorry.
As you will note, Bobi re-wrote my comment directed at the UN, in order to point out that the US was very much on board with the decisions concerning Kosovo, which of course is correct.
My remarks that the EU, having wanted to save the Kosovars, must now figure out what to do with them, as their territory becomes safe-haven for terrorists and organized crime, certainly could apply to the US. But of course the EU is much closer to the problem than we are, and will not be able to avoid dealing with it at some point.
I have said numerous times that US policy in the nineties was custom-designed by Riyadh. We know that the Bush family has business interests in Saudi Arabia, and could be expected to be sympathetic to Saudi interests. This would explain, in part, W's kid-glove treatment of the Saudis considering what they deserve.
But sympathetic or not, Bush Jr has not hesitated to go after Saudi interests in the aftermath of 9/11, as he has attacked Saudi operations in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Georgia, has turned his back on the Chechens, and is now going after Saddam despite Saudi objections.
No, to find examples of abject subservience to Saudi wishes you must look at the Clinton era. There are a number of policies that make no sense from a US standpoint, but perfect sense if you have been purchased by the Saud family. I would love to get a look at Clinton's Saudi accounts.