A reader's comment on another (related) subject in another newspaper:-

"I think the only justifiable unprovoked invasion in history in all of human history is the one that hasn't taken place: Saudi Arabia. Rogue state, failed state, history's greatest sponsor of terrorism, worst human rights record today (or damn near). Even the one thing it offers as its legitimation pride, the status as keeper of the Islamic flame, is total poppycock, dissolved in a wash of blood, repression, riots, panics, and jaw-dropping irresponsibility. Ariel Sharon could do a better job of safeguarding the muslim holy sites than the Saudis. What is a single thing to be said for the existence of this hellish theocracy?"