Suspected al Qaeda militants wearing military uniforms killed at least nine Saudis and seven foreigners in the Saudi oil city of Khobar on Saturday before holing up with hostages in a housing compound.
The U.S. Embassy reiterated a call to its citizens to leave the kingdom after the attack.
Two points:
1) Poetic justice for the Saudis. Yes, no one wishes harm to anyone, but... they've been screwing around on the terrorism issue for years and now their little Frankenstein is biting them in the ass.
2) Poetic justice for the Bush administration. They've been screwing around on the energy issue for years, and now their determination to keep our country dependent on oil is biting them in the ass. Unfortunately on this last one, it's also biting all of us in the ass too. So is losing Saudi Arabia to Islamic fundamentalists, and losing their oil supply to the world, going to be the legacy of the Bush administration? Stay tuned.
