This is the best explanation yet

Reader comment on item: What Riyadh Buys [in Washington]

Submitted by Robert Hanz (United States), Dec 11, 2002 at 19:23

Government for $ale? I'm shocked.......shocked!
This the best explanation yet that explains American "reluctance" to face down the Saudis' duplicitous behavior.
The American people have had it wrong from the beginning. It is dollars, not oil, that is the primary export of Saudi Arabia.
The "Golden Rule" is a fact!!!

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