Cognitive Dissonance and the Saudis
The Middle East Media Research Center is one of the best sites on the web when it comes to following the Arab world. It is reporting that Crown Prince Abdallah is blaming terrorist events on “Zionists”.
This has to be one of the worst cases of cognitive dissonance to come out of the kingdom since it blamed Zionists for the 9-11 attacks. It is almost fascinating to watch – since the al-Qaeda hates the Saudi royal family as much – if not more – than Jews and Americans. The terrorists attacks in the kingdom have been brutal – as shown in this interview with the leader of the recent Khobar attacks.
Such cognitive dissonance is the rough equivalent of America blaming Canada for the attack on Pearl Harbor. I think we are watching the collapse of the Saudi dynasty. Since we advocated invading Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq, we have mixed feelings about watching that regime go down the toilet. What would replace them? The jihadists? Not likely; even France would find the balls to invade the place to protect the oil fields and insure the uninterrupted supply to Europe.
