On the front page of the Washington Post this morning, somewhat surprising news that Arab leaders, grudgingly, are either supporting US action or willing to not stand in the way. This was foreshadowed by the testimony of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s testimony to the Armed Services Committee late last week.The piece quotes Mohammed Saeed Tayyeb, a Saudi intellectual with what seems to be a representative opinion:
“There is a feeling among Saudis of having no choice,” Tayyeb said.
“We feel that this American friend, whose political projects we did not hesitate to finance has dragged us into a war, made us build bases we barely use and sold us planes and weapons we don’t know how to operate. We bought all of that, but it did not do us any good,” he added.
“This American friend is telling us: You had money once, these days you have no money. You once had political influence in the Muslim world, now you have no influence, so get in the train and stop arguing,” Tayyeb said.”
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