Epicurus, on 13 March 2011 - 07:51 PM, said:
Interesting, and I think true. We see that the Saudis are also lending themselves to Bahrain's government in a very anti-democratic way - this could be very dangerous for them in the medium-long term as their own population is far from satisfied with the status quo. If they fail to help quell the Bahrain protests, then they will end up with egg on their face - or they could buy their way into their own little Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan situation.