Arab Mini-Summit! (Click here for story)

Just two comments,

1. As I said in a previous post, I am happy to see that Washington and Damascus are opening a tenative dialogue. I agree that this is "wisdom, not weakness."

2. Initiatives like this ought to remind Americans that, although they love to rant and rave about Saudi Arabia's "backwards" society, they owe MUCH to the Kingdom. Remember, I am not a Saudi, just a mere expat who has suffered her fair share of trials in the good old KSA.

It just seems to me that, if America is honest with itself, it would realize that the Saudi government has often been one of their most helpful allies in the Middle East. Corrupt and contigent, yes. But useful? No doubt.