A Friend in Kneed

President George W. Bush is widely reknowned as a man who values loyalty.

So it was when his long-time friend King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia visited Washington, D.C. (which is in America), Bush loyally observed the Saudi custom of men holding hands in public, even though it led to a lot of good natured ribbing about whether they two leaders had a gay thing going (not that there's anything wrong with that).

And so it was that many members of the Saudi royal family were exempted from the post-9/11 flight ban and allowed to leave the U.S. virtually unimpeded.

Loyalty. Its something real men understand and value.

How heartwarming, then, for the President when, in a moment of crisis in the Persian Gulf, as America confronts Iranian ambitions for nuclear energy and draws a line in the sand with no option "off the table", it's loyal ally in the region, Saudi Arabia, steps up and knees us right where it hurts the most.

In the person of none other than Prince Bandar (aka "Bandar Bush"), former Saudi Ambassador to the United States and confidant of the President, the Saudis have asked the Russians to help block any attempt by us to get the U.N. to sanction Iran for its activities.

Let's see, how does that go ? "The enemy of my friend is my enemy and the friend of my enemy is my . . . friend ?" I can never remember that stuff.

Anyway, the Saudis and Abdullah and Bandar are our friends and we are loyal to them, so

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