The Saudis just went nuclear on their Obama snub

[bemildred]

5. Third generation despots get that way.

Evolution works both ways.

Yes, I know they do, and they are good buddies with China and Russia, and you can kiss the embargo goodbye. But the blowhards at State will continue to pretend that they are masters of the universe and all must bow to them.

I used to work in defense, software engineering and related things, and of all the many people I knew in that time, the three that most impressed me for horsepower under the hood were a WASP-nerd like me, a 2nd gen. Syrian ex-pat, and a 2nd generation Iranian ex-pat.