I don't buy this story

"Another official, speaking not for attribution, said last month that the 85-year-old Saudi monarch had launched a tirade during Obama's long meeting in Riyadh, and that other Saudi officials had later apologized to the U.S. president for the king's behavior. The official seemed to imply that the tirade was related to Israel, and that the king may be showing his age." He may be senile but it is likely that he shows his senility by praising the US and Israel, not the reverse. (thanks FLC)