[RicocheT]

Since all foreigners accuse the USA of being the modern-day Roman Empire, let's take a page from the history book. When a client kingdom becomes troublesome, send in the legions and make it a direct ruled dependency.

[Enterprise]

Well, I'm hardly an advocate of colonialism - BUT, I think we have good reason to be weary when we have developed a commodity which hugely enriches the Saudi's - who then take some of that money and give it to terrorists who kill our citizens. I wouldn't mind an ultimatum here at all!