Patrick Seale on Saudi Arabia

"Driven by the strategic vision of King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, its reformist ruler, the kingdom seems to be the main beneficiary of the Arab Spring, so great is the contrast between its robust progress and the tumult and tremors in countries such as Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Yemen, not to mention the fratricidal war in Syria."  Let me ask Patrick this question: are your hagiography of Hafidh Al-Asad and your hagiography of Khalid bin Sultan coming into conflict? And which of the two do you favor? I see that you are leaning toward the second. (thanks Sultan)