All Right-Thinking People Know That Bush Is In Bed With Saudi Arabia Of Course ... Not

The Post adds that Arab countries, with the exception of Kuwait, also are refusing to pony up:

"Yes, they are balking," one U.S. official said of the Arab states, as the American side continued to press hard for a breakthrough. Without Saudi participation, he said, it would be difficult to create a "snowball effect" among Arab donors. The Saudis are the " 'big brother' of the Gulf, [but] they have not helped in a constructive fashion," the official said.

This is hardly surprising, since a stable Iraq moving toward democracy would be an enormous threat to nearby Arab dictators' hold on power. (Hat tip OpinionJournal again -- I just added Taranto to the Links section.)

I never cease to be astounded by people who can simultaneously hold the thought that Bush/Cheney are completely in bed with the Saudis (oil of course) and completely in bed with the Israelis (Joooooos rule the world!). The elder Bush may still be tilted Saudi -- but something major has changed for GW...