Bye Bye Bandar

The man they called "Bandar Bush" is resigning as the Saudi ambassador to the US. We don't know where all those great Beltway parties are going to be held now.

His replacement, Prince Turki al-Faisal, has a known history with bin Laden dating back to the mujahedin days in Afghanistan in the 80s. He was the Saudi intelligence chief for 27 years. Relatives of about 900 of the people killed on 9/11 filed a civil lawsuit in the United States accusing Prince Turki and the Saudi defence minister of funding bin Laden. He inexplicably resigned his post as intelligence chief exactly one month before the attacks, giving no reason.

"...meet the new boss, same as the old boss..."

Are we going to keep this "strong alliance" with Saudi Arabia going until every single one of its citizens is either an insurgent in Iraq, a suicide bomber somewhere in the world, the head of a madrassah, or funding all of them?