“If the U.S. wants to continue playing a leadership role in the Middle East and keep its strategic alliances intact — especially its ‘special relationship’ with Saudi Arabia — it will have to drastically revise its policies vis-a-vis Israel and Palestine,” Turki said.

Well Mr. President, it has only been thee days and the Saudis are already calling you out. I’m interested in seeing what you and Hillary are going to do about it. You see, most of us have been watching the situation between Israel and Palestine for decades and realize that the Palis have been playing the world (and the United States in particular) for suckers for a very long time and getting away with it.

This ain’t Chicago. The Arabs play by a different set of rules that are much rougher than what you grew up with. We are watching to see if you have the brass to call their hand.