I agree the US under Bush did a lousy job, especially by ignoring Afghanistan for Iraq. But as usual Arabs blame others. Why have S Arabia and others Arab states not taken greater effort against Iran and countered that nation in the Arab world and against terrorism? It is their own doing by supporting, encouraging, and exporting terrorism. Sunni Shia hatred & conflict is more than 1000y ears old

likes to think of himself and his other tribe members as "royal princes". These guys know full well they will be the "princes" of Hasbeenistan soon since the New ME will consist of Iran, Iraq, Turkey and eventually Israel (if, big if, they Israelis are smart enough to choose peace). These countries have oil, gas, water, technology and large MARKETS. Arabia is a paper mouse and no teeth. They have traditionally provided cash for the US covert operations, but many of those operations have either failed or are not needed any more. The fact is the geopolitical center of gravity in the ME has shifted big time and the tribal chiefs posing as "royals" have been left behind. We are going to hear a lot of laments from these losers.

Ought to buy himself and his King some dignity. Instead of barking at Iran, he should be developing a program whereby the Saudi Royals give back only ten percent of the Saudi wealth being siphoned to private bank accounts in Europe and America in favor of the Saudi Royal Family and invest that on the well being of Saudis. The Saudi Royal family is nothing but a bunch of common crooks.

Which the Saudi Royalty does not and that is honor and dignity. Saudi Royals are nothing more than a bunch if thieves, no different from Olmert and Lieberman. The only difference between Saudi Royalty and Olmert/ Lieberman is that the Israeli crooks are accountable to a justice system while the Saudis are crooks with immunity from prosecution.

Saudi Arabia remains, beyond the interests of the moment, aggressively and murderously hostile to Israel. While Saudi Arabia no doubt does see Iran as a greater threat than Israel, this has not changed Saudi promotion of an extreme Wahhabi brand of Islam - with its vehement anti-Jewish and anti-Christian message - in mosques and schools throughout Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. It has not changed Saudi support for terrorist groups targeting Israel. It has not changed Saudi dedication to the goal of Israel’s dissolution. In fact, since the Khomeini revolution in Iran in 1979 and the subsequent Iranian Hajj attacks in Mecca, the Saudi response to the Iranian challenge has not been moderation of its policies and its attitudes towards Israel and the West but rather a more aggressive promotion of Wahhabi extremism worldwide to compete with the Shiit extremism being exported by the Iranian mullahs. Yet Israeli leaders look at Saudi words and deeds and somehow detect a moderate and friendly message in them, and construe a limited and transient convergence of interests as reason to make permanent concessions to a party that remains, beyond the interests of the moment, aggressively and murderously hostile. About the doctrine of terrorism and hate to the entire non Muslim world : http://xrl.us/okxdg

What have Iran and Syria accomplished in Mid East? Only death, destruction and economic ruin.

Iran did one thing. They destroyed Lebanon.

Has been going on ever since Ali Baba and his forty thieves started to quarrel over their spoils. Once a thief, always a thief.

Bandar says: "The only difference between Saudi Royalty and Olmert/ Lieberman is that the Israeli crooks are accountable to a justice system while the Saudis are crooks with immunity from prosecution." WOW, do I detect here some sort of approval/admiration for Israel from a Hezbollah member?!!! That is what I call progress. Keep it up Bandar, you and your country can come out only as a winner.

You seem to have conveniently overlooked in your analysis that Saudi Arabia has oil too. And LOTS of it!

Quote: One thing that Iran has.... Which the Saudi Royalty does not and that is honor and dignity. Saudi Royals are nothing more than a bunch if thieves, no different from Olmert and Lieberman End quote Sounds like you caught with a Saudi prince .. What! did he steal something from you? Anyway, Nice to know that Iranian politicians are so clean and honorable. How about concentrating on Hizbollah stuffs and leaving the Saudis Princes for the Saudi people to bring them to justice, sure if you don't mind.

Did Iran kill 1000 000 innocent arab in Iraq? Is it not USA soldier who raped 14 years old girld before her parents and killed parents afterward and her small brother and then burned them? Are not USA your ally? Then are not you ally of massacres in Iraq Did Iran kill 1500 innocent Arabs in Gazza including 500 children? So why are you take challange from Iran My shoes prince(that is a turkish idiom and I only realised its meaning after Bush got a pair in his face!), you are obviously ally of Israeli and USA massacres and you are a servant of zionism.

We are happy with our destroyed Lebanon. Why dont you stay where you are, idiot!

I agree with you Persian Cat. Saudi Arabia is a paper mouse that is not even worth the paper it is made out of. The Saudi Royals are idiots who fail to realize that when they outlive thier usefulness, the Americans will dump them in the trash bin of history, just like they did with the Shah of Iran and with Ferdinand Marcus of the Philippines. I agree with you too Bandar, the Saudi Royalty are nothing more than a bunch of thieves.

Having served Saudi Arabia in different capacities one is surprised at the lack of basic knowledge as to why the Arabs have suffered and likely to do so.If lack of unity amongst Arabs gave rise to Iran,where was this character when for years his and Middle East countries became stooges to the dictate of USA and could not utter a word in defiance when the Palestinians suffered to the extreme? Today,having no foundation at all,he gets worried about Iran's interference in Palestinians affair.What did he do in the past for the Palestinians in the first place.I cannot recollect a single statement in his time demonstrating support of suffering Muslim Palestinians.Only the lip service is what him and his collegue rendered to the Palestinians. The main reason for this article is to show that you as Arabs did NOTHING for your brothers in Palestine and today Iran has resolutely stood firm for the sufferers and earned its prestige in the hearts of majority Arabs.That is what is bugging this useless character who is good for nothing.

aimed at teeny tiny Israel surrounded by their countries.

Its not an approval or admiration of the Zionist state. Its a fact, end of story.

How about you becoming a man for a change and admit that you are a Zionist Jew instead of hiding behind fake initials in Bahrain like the coward that you really are? IDIOT!.

When someone stashes the wealth of his nation in private personal bank accounts in Europe and the U.S, they can only be looked at as "thieves and crooks" as Bandar correctly pointed out. The wealth belongs to the people of Saudi Arabia and not to the King and his stooges!

We will leave the Saudis for the Saudi people to bring them to justice when the Saudis stop interfering in Lebanon. The Saudis were behind arming the terrorist group in Nahr El Bared in the hope that they would stand up to Hezbollah. Ofcourse an idiot like you AK would not know that.