Sa`id Hariri prostrates before Prince Muhammad Bin Nayif

Of course, the New TV's audio-leaks were highly embarrassing to a prime minister who already has a reputation for recklessness, incompetence and sheer stupidity.  He spoke casually, very casually, in vulgar and coarse language, about various personalities--friends and foes alike (he said, for example, "I made Najib Miqati a prime minister" and said he did not trust Nuhad Mashnuq, one of his own MPs).  But nothing is more embarrassing than talking about Asaf Shawkat and then comparing his "thuggishness" to that of Saudi prince, Muhammad Bin Nayif.  Here, Mini-Hariri issued a statement in which he begs for forgiveness from the prince.