"The United States is in a position to offer an attractive deal to Riyadh: We will protect you against any domestic insurrection provided that you break with the mullahs, end subsidizing terrorism and fundamentalism abroad, bring in liberal reforms of the polity and the economy today -- free speech, freedom of the press, rule of law -- and begin the gradual transformation of the country into a constitutional democratic monarchy over the next few decades. But such an offer is not attractive, indeed it is worthless, as long as Saddam Hussein remains in power."
This may very well be exactly what the Bush admin. is planning on doing. Bush intends to change the balance of power in the ME for the forseeable future.
Bush intends to change the balance of power in the ME for the forseeable future. I hope you're right. My fear is that he will be thwarted by the Nimrods who believe that Sharon fighting the terrorists is somehow morally equivalent to the terrorists bombing the Jews, thus we should oppose both. There are more than a few Freepers who take that stance, unfortunately.