I was reading an article by Patrick Seale the other day in Al-Hayat and out of the blue he inserted a praise for the Saudi King. (But then again: Seale wrote the autobiography of Khalid Bin Sultan (owner or "leaser" of Al-Hayat. In that autobiography, I learned that Khalid bin Sultan is the biggest military mind since Alexander the Great. And Prince Khalid is effective in receiving big bribes and commissions too.)