Madawi Al-Rasheed on Saudi Arabia

""Yes, Egypt was key to the coming change, but when Saudis rise they will change the face of the Arab world and its relations with the West forever. Now is the time for the United States and its allies to understand that the future does not lie with the old clique that they have tolerated, supported, and indulged in return for oil, security, and investment. At a time of shifting Arabian sands, it is in the interest of America and the rest of the world to side with the future not the past"".  I so like and admire comrade Madawi, and I never disagree with her. But I so disagree with her plea to the West in this section as if she can talk reason to the US and "its allies".  No, it is in the interest of Imperial America to stand to with the tyrants to the last drop of blood of Arabs.  (thanks "Ibn Rushd")