THE SAUDIS SPEND THEIR MONEY IN INTERESTING WAYS

Here in the US, the Saudi government is dropping $17.6 million to make us forget that their Wahhabi ideology promotes terrorism. It's not the first, but merely the latest, Saudi attempt to improve its image here. It's a waste of money, but I'd rather they spend it here on a few ads than some other things they tend to support, like, I don't know, terrorism and persecution against anyone and anything that's not Wahhabi.

Shortly after we liberated Kosovo, Saudi Wahhabi funds turned up to destroy the indigenous Muslim (Sufi) culture and make way for "more proper Islamic structures." How tolerant.

[Harvard University Fine Arts librarian Andras] Riedlmayer says the Saudis are obsessed with having all ancient tombstones, mausoleums, and Sufi shrines located near mosques eliminated, since -- unlike most Muslims in the world today -- the Wahhabis believe these to be "un-Islamic" and idolatrous. He said "the Wahhabis, with their wealth and fanaticism, are a menace to heritage, in some ways more dangerous than the [Serb paramilitary] Chetniks, since about the latter, at least, no one harbors any illusions regarding their uncharitable intentions."

The Saudi Joint Relief Committee for the People of Kosovo and Chechnya, established by royal decree, has built mosques, schools, clinics, and shelters for displaced persons. It has also supplied the province with several hundred tons of medicine, food, blankets, tents, and clothing during the last 13 months.

What do you suppose they're teaching in those shiny new Wahhabi mosques today? Something tells me it ain't "Love your neighbor as you love yourself." Most likely something about infidels and jihad, classes on how to make a video with a scarf around your face, and a heavy emphasis on proper handling of bomb belts. Maybe a little training with an AK-47. Just a guess.