Saudis warn Bush they might move in if Iraq falls apart 
Allahpundit

This was news a month and a half ago. Tonight it’s just confirmation.

Saudi leaders are privately “deeply skeptical” that the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki could implement the U.S. plan, the senior U.S. official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell, who is traveling with Rice…

The Saudis’ primary concern is the Sunni population of Anbar province, the senior U.S. official. The official said the Saudis had informed Washington that they were considering a plan to send troops into the province if Bush’s plan failed…

While the focus of Rice’s tour is to drum up support for the U.S. initiative in Iraq, she was also seeking to put out a diplomatic brush fire over Iran after a top Iranian diplomat visited Riyadh to meet with King Abdullah to complain about the U.S. military build-up.

That “top Iranian diplomat” was the mullahs’ national security chief (and head nuclear negotiator), Ali Larijani, who ...

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Saudis in Iraq?
Jules Crittenden

The Saudis would very much like us to stay in Iraq. We're holding Iran at bay, and preventing a Sunni bloodbath. We are doing their work for them. Again. Thus far, they've paid lip service to those goals, but reportedly have failed to stop money from flowing to the Sunni insurgents who kill Americans and Shiites, outcomes that do nothing to help us help them.

There is also the matter of the Muslim world's failure to address its own problems. Iraq is a great example.

As much as I would like to see Arab nations step up to the plate and behave responsibly, any Saudi role that is not part of a comprehensive involvement of sufficiently responsible Shia and Sunni Muslim nations would need to be sharply limited to Sunni areas, where they might be useful, considering the amount of baksheesh to Sunni insurgents they represent.

Stratfor.com on the Saudi position (Nov. 30, still relevant today): ...