Sorry to say but your not seeing the full picture. The royal family has a number of limitations on it due to its agreements with the religious establishment in Saudi Arabia. They can only 'look the other way' so far before they are slapped down in one way or another (in some cases literally). And our position with them has been deteriorating lately due to China's ramping up their demand for oil. Looks like our butt kissing will not be needed by them much longer. It's making them more demanding and us more willing to give them everything they want...like a nuclear reactor.
As a side note, Saudi Arabia's position on apostasy is based on the version of Islam they have been exporting and it's not a happy happy joy joy version. On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:45 PM, Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, please. Religion blah blah ... You can't tell me that the royal > family > sees anything but $$ when dealing with the US. All religions have shown a > remarkable tendancey to look the other way when self-interest comes to the > front. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261886 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
