Saudi Arabia is not our enemy
**********
BS
**********
BS
Let's lay out some facts not in dispute: Islam is basically a system of organized crime with some really ornate rugs. But humanity does happen in the margins. That's why, as Ann Coulter pointed out, not all Moslems are terrorists (but virtually all terrorists are Moslems).
Another important fact is that with 1) Polygamy; and 2) Western billions paid in oil revenues over the years, the Saudi royal family consists of a huge and varied bunch. They don't all have governance responsibilities, to put it mildly, but a lot of them have money. Some apparently are jihad-niks, but others don't want to kill the Western economy, the goose that has laid every golden egg in that flea-pit of a kingdom.
In addition, even the Saudis who have been arrogant and subversive toward the West and Israel in the recent past have now woken up to a much worse possibility. As the Arab expression goes, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Would the "scared straight" Saudis be as dangerous to have as allies as the Soviets were for us in World War II? That's a good question. Seems that's what it's been like so far, but things have just gotten real serious in their perimeter.
As a Christian, I see an opportunity to rattle their cage about freedom of religion in Saudi. Pretty soon, we won't even need their stupid oil, so they better start playing nice.