Marian, Thanks so much for the enlightening information. I have been reading about Wahabism and the Saudis in a number of other respected journals the past few days. What a quandry. We have been relying on Saudi oil since the 1930s and depended on it greatly during WWII. I also read in one of the U.K. papers yesterday that the U.S. actually has some kind of official "treaty" with the Saudis made back in the early 1950s where the U.S. promised to always protect and defend Saudi Arabia militarily in exchange for the oil (the largest reserve in the world). There were reports the other day that the Saudi royal family has fled the country. What is so bizarre is why they would want to promote and subsidize something to destroy us and other countries which support them. If and when this mess is ever resolved, I hope the U.S. will make more concerted efforts to obtain oil from other sources (while of course, accelerating the development of alternate energy sources).
Kakki
