and [we] respect the saudis because?

Saudis Say They Might Back Sunnis if U.S. Leaves Iraq
By HELENE COOPER


Published: December 13, 2006
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 — Saudi Arabia has told the Bush administration that it might provide financial backing to Iraqi Sunnis in any war against Iraq’s Shiites if the United States pulls its troops out of Iraq, according to American and Arab diplomats.