WW3?

[Is Don on the phone?]

Our government won't do anything about it because despite being such a world power, they're still pussy whipped for oil.

The real reason is more complicated than just oil. The House of Fahd is hanging by a string, with the fundamentalist movement (the folks who supported and paid for those 15 hijackers) encouraging the underground movement to depose the King. We support him because we're of the opinion that democracy is fine, but we'll settle for tyrany as long as they tow the line for us.

And most of the oil that Saudi produces ends up in Europe or Japan, so in order to support our friends (and Germany/France) we keep it safe - go figure.