'But make NO mistake about this...our love affair with Saudi Arabia was and is all about oil.It always has been so.'

Pappy, that was profound. lol Here I thought that Americans just loved all those endless miles of desert and dust, Camels and Arabian tales. But you are correct, if they didn't have oil no one would know they existed! If we could only get the EPA and tree huggers to be convinced to "drill baby drill", we may never of them again! Our own oil, natural gas, wind, solar, nuclear and cleaner coal will send them into that good night.