Ho-hum. So the Crown Prince
Ho-hum. So the Crown Prince wasn't really so head-up after all. Apparently the anonymous source "close to Abdullah" extensively quoted in yesterday's NYT Saudi bluster article holds the title of Guy In Charge Of Making Sure That It Looks Like The Crown Prince Is Really Standing Up To The Great Satan.
And hey: I'm echoed again, by Bernard Lewis. Discussing bin Laden's misplaced confidence in American softness, he writes: "It was a natural error. Nothing in his background or his experience would enable him to understand that a major policy change could result from an election." That's quite right. Where he comes from, one tyrant is much like the other, and they all behave in much the same way.
Huh. A good day for my ego, so far.
