since when? stable? predictable? I know each day that the sun is going to rise and set with the Saudis being a repressive regime that wants to get rich on oil money. They don't invade anybody, they don't occupy other people. They don't kill thousands of civilians on a whim. I can eat, sleep, and **** on the stability of the Saudis. They are stable and predictable. Evil, sure. But stable and predictable.