>Saudi Arabia has a lot of money and no troops. They are about as much of a threat to us as some Pacific island.

You need to do a little research on Saudi military.

We've had a base there since the early 50's. When I was in Libya in the early 60's, Americans would fly into Libya from Saudi for R&R. I always thought that if GOD were to give the earth an enema that it would be inserted at Tripoli....then I met these poor G.I.s that were stationed in Saudi.

They also have a very good military: "The RSAF maintains the third largest fleet of F-15s after the JASDF and the USAF." So, this sell is nothing new.