The Saudis are NOT our friends. We are their hired body guards. It is a temporary marriage of convenience ONLY. The Saudi Royals control of Mecca and Medina is made possible by the Wahabbi sect of Sunni Islam. In return the Saudis have been financing Radical Islamic schools all over the world. Only Dubya is smart enough to think they are our friends.
Saudi Arabia has been as close to a friend as we will ever get from a Muslim nation, and the rulers of SA cannot stop radicals by themselves.
If you want to deny that, fine. The President, I’m sure, takes their friendship with a grain of salt, but I stand by them being an ally in the WOT.
GWB might be your Jimmy Carter, but no thinking conservative could ever agree. I believe you are just blaming him for our nation’s shortcomings.