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The Saudis live in a rough neigborhood and additionally, they are the custodians of the two holy places of Islam. In the events leading up to the Gulf War, King Fahd made a courageous decision to let American troops stage the war from Saudi Arabia knowing full well that the fundamentalists would not like it and that the Kingdom would become a target of Saddam. In private, they told us that we must take Saddam out. We didn't leaving them exposed. One must remember that the Kingdom was the target of scud attacks and was invaded by the Iraqis at Khafji.

The Saudis permitted the US to station troops in the Kingdom after the war--a mistake in my view. Everyone praises Blair for taking a courageous stand in the face to tremendous domestic opposition. Crown Prince Abdullah deserves the same kind of praise.

It is not a terrorist regime. Quite the opposite. The Saudi Royal family is a target of the terrorists including UBL. For those who want to oust the House of Saud, be careful what you wish for. The human rights types wanted the Shah out of Iran and Carter failed to support him paving the way for his removal. The result was Khomeni who started the militant Islamic movement, touting its success in removing the US from Iran. I would hate to think of an Islamic fundamentalist government in charge of Saudi Arabia and the largest supply of petroleum in the world, by far. Just think of the havoc they could wreak with that revenue.

In private, they told us that we must take Saddam out. We didn't leaving them exposed.

They might have, but they knew that we could not. It was not part of the U.N. mandate at the time that we were following. We were only allowed to free Kuwait.

I understand the Saudi regime is afraid of the Islamist terrorists, but their solution was to try to buy them off.
The terrorists took that money and funded, developed and trained for the attack on 9/11. Basically, Saudi Arabia funded and supplied most of the terrorists for that attack. They STILL fund Madras's all over the world where they are brainwashing young kids to be terrorists, as we speak. They need to do more to convince me, and most of America, and they need to do it publicly. As of now, most of us see Saudi Arabia as an enemy, and private assurances won't cut it anymore.