The SaudiCables reveal that the absolute monarchy, which micro manages its citizens daily lives, has stretched its arms way beyond its borders.

The US has a particular need for effective international cooperation now, when it is stretched militarily, economically, and politically owing to its policies toward Iraq and Afghanistan.

And I remember getting out of the water and my hands feeling so painful and looking down at my fingers, and my fingers were literally the size of sausages because you know, we're made partially of water when water freezes it expands, and so the cells in my fingers had frozen and expanded and burst.