>>>”Even so, I agree that those higher up, and certainly closer knit, have not indicated from what I’ve seen and heard they are anti-American.”<<<
We tend to use the term “Anti-American” liberally, generically, and without qualification. The slightest criticism can be labelled as “Anti-American”; just as one can label Any criticism of others or specific issues as “racist” and “Anti-Islam”.
What many, within Saudi gov’t & royalty, even people like OBL primarily oppose are certain U.S. government foreign policy, as well as exporting (be it indirectly) “American values” (western or american style democracy and freedoms), which don’t sit well with their Islamic gov’t, Islamic values, and Islamic teachings they fund outside Saudi Arabia.
For the latter, ie exporting American values to Saudi Arabia, obviously it will never be well-received, even by the highest levels of Saudi gov’t and the king; otherwise, they wouldn’t be actively curtailing freedoms and silencing pro-democracy & freedom opposition groups (no matter how small in size) inside Saudi Arabia.
Of course, the Saudis have no problem should Others, other gov’ts in the M.E. region, be overthrown under the banner of democracy, only to be replaced by an Islamic-style gov’t (or an absolute theocracy such as their own), particularly the Saudi brand of Islam. In fact they’d support it.
I think it is more accurate to say the Saudi gov’t is more pro-Islam & Islamic (wahhabi) values, than generically “Anti-American”, at least publicly and for now.
Well they'll all be opposing America when the time comes....those who aren't will simply remain silent, as we've seen time and again, only because it benefits them by doing so. If it comes to their heads you can be sure they will be loyal to Islam whatever form of it is doing the chopping and or ordering it..