The tool of the House of Saud who runs Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat, Tariq Al-Humayd, has this to say about press reports about US plans to bomb Al-Jazeera: "it is a joke," he said. "No big deal." This from an ostensible journalist. But the Saudi-Qatari feud surpasses all other considerations, except the consideration of pleasing and servicing US empire.