A Glimmer Of Understanding?

After yesterday's bombing of the residential compound in Riyadh, I was kind of interested to see what the response of the Muslims in the region would be. I think that the reactions are showing some promise.

Al Jazeera has a decent little article about how Bin Laden really doesn't like the House of Saud too much. They're starting to show concern that maybe these attacks on civilians aren't quite in line with the preachings of the Qu'ran, as this Reuters article demonstrates.

I find it distasteful in the extreme that the Saudis would refer to a suicide bombing that killed 35 their "9/11." Deplorable? Yes. Unfortunate? Absolutely. Reason for anger? Definitely. A 9/11? Not even close.

These suicide attacks are a small taste of what al-Qaida is capable of. They could call these their Khobar Towers and it would be accurate. But it is not a 9/11.

Perhaps, though it will be enough to push the moderate factions in Saudi Arabia to quit supporting the terrorists. They now have to know that support does not equal safety. The terrorists simply want to kill, regardless of sex, age, race, or religion.

Maybe if the RamaBomb forces the Saudis to come down solidly on the side of peace I'll feel differently and less offended.

For some reason though, I don't expect to feel any more conciliatory anytime soon.