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What If Revolution Spreads to Saudi Arabia?

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Revolutions in the middleeast and North Africa are raising hell with the presumed privilege of dictators and monarchies alike throughout the Arab world. Even King Abdullah, the seemingly invincible 86yearold monarch who calls the shots in Saudi Arabia, may be on a slippery slope.As a titlereported in part hrefhttpnews.yahoo.comsap20110305aponremieamlsaudiprotestsreported in parta at the reference, his Highness seems to hold the concept of Democracy and protestors looking for change in low regardblockquoteDemonstrations wont be tolerated in Saudi Arabia and its security forces will act against anyone taking part in them, the Interior Ministry said Saturday, a day after about 100 members of the Shiite minority staged a protest in an eastern region of the kingdom.The warning was another attempt by Saudi Arabia to get ahead of the unrest that has swept the Arab world in recent months. Last week, the government announced an unprecedented economic package worth an estimated 36 billion that will give Saudis interestfree home loans, unemployment assistance and debt forgiveness.The Interior Ministry statement said the kingdom bans all demonstrations because they contradict Islamic laws and societys values, adding that some people have tried to go around the law to achieve illegitimate aims.The security forces were authorized to act against anyone violating the ban, the statement said.While Saudi Arabia has been mostly spared the unrest in the Middle East, a robust protest movement has risen up in its tiny neighbor, Bahrain, which like others around the region is centered on calls for representative government and relief from poverty and unemployment.blockquoteSo much for the spirit of individual freedom and liberty, right King Who the hell needs either when you have all that power and wealth, courtesy of Americans like Barack Obama who get about in gasguzzling SUVs and other antienvironment vehiclesWhen and if revolution does come to Saudi Arabia, how might our befuddled community organizer reactWill Obama tell King Abdullah to get out as soon as possible, thereby rendering zillions of barrels of Saudi oil vulnerable to Islamofascists not all that friendly to the U.S.Or, perhaps The One will order the U.S. military to invade Saudi Arabia to protect the King and, incidentally mind you, all those oil fieldsWhatever, one can be confident that whatever Obama does, it will be too late and otherwise flawed!Maybe a oneword reminder would help Obama focusHow about the word DRILL, Mr. President