They can lie, but they won't be able to lie forever...
Here's the first installment of a two part article in the Boston Globe about the audacity of Saudi anti-American lies. It's all familiar turf for those of us who even occasionally scan the MEMRI website, of course. But I think it's safe to say that the Saudi PR campaign is failing:
The line from the Bush administration is that the Saudis are loyal allies who have been most cooperative in the war on terrorism. Diplomatic sweet-talk has its place in international affairs, but not when it becomes a substitute for clear thought. The Saudis are not loyal allies, and they have not been most cooperative. What does Washington gain by pretending otherwise?...For too long we have pretended that Saudi Arabia is our fast friend and a key to stability in the Middle East. In truth, it is neither. It's time we left the fictions to Riyadh, and adjusted our foreign policy to the real world.