>>How could this ever be a good idea?
>>http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/13/report-u-s-saudis-close-to-largest-arms-deal-ever/?hpt=T2
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>Likely we'll wind up fighting them at some point in the future.

They don't even have an army, do they? If they do it isn't much of one. Taking on the U.S. would be a one way ticket to oblivion, as they surely know. They seem content with their oil money and an uneasy detente with the U.S.