So happy Together

A just-released AP story concerns the large number of Saudi fighters now participating in the Iraq insurgency.

WASHINGTON - More foreign fighters than ever are crossing Iraq's porous borders to fight U.S. and Iraqi forces, and a growing number are from U.S.-ally Saudi Arabia, a Senate Democrat said Thursday.

"The mix is changing," said Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), citing conversations last week in Iraq with Marine and Army generals. "Now, the mix is increasingly more Islamist crossing the border ... and a lot of them are Saudis. It presents a different profile" that is harder for U.S. forces to confront.

But official U.S. policy toward Saudi Arabia shows no signs of changing. That policy is best shown by this rather gay looking picture of Bush and Prince Abdullah walking together in Texas a month or so ago.

It looks to me like some layout person at the newspaper had a lot of fun putting this page together.

Kind of reminds me of that old top-40 hit, "So Happy Together."

Saudi Arabia has historically possessed the world's most extensive oil reserves, although there has been some speculation lately that the well is running dry.

Lest we forget, fifteen of the nineteen 9/11 hijackers were Saudis.However, when it comes to our relationship with them, oil is apparently both a lubricant and an adhesive.

If you can't beat 'em, Saddam.