re: #266 Kosh’s Shadow

This, I agree with.
I think the Saudis would like for someone, even Israel, to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat, but I don’t think they’ll be able to act grateful enough to actually shake hands with an Israeli Jew.
But I would be quite pleased to see otherwise, and even happier when there is a Chabad in Ryadh. I’m just not holding my breath.

On a side note, while I think Friedman does some really good work, It does seem that one of his weaknesses is getting too close to some of these leaders, which is sometimes reflected in his writing, i.e., Hosni Mubarak (…Mubarak is genuinely pro-American…) But much of what he writes is dead on - Arab attitudes towards conspiracies and Israel, questioning how the Israeli-Palestinian situation is keeping Egyptians down, the role of the internet in making people angry, etc…