"King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia modernized his

country's military, he was a lifetime ally of the

United States, he supported scholarly research, and

he was a man of remarkable character and courage.

Sure, he didn't give a good goddam about women's

rights and migrant workers' rights,  he had

peaceful protesters imprisoned and bloggers

 flogged, and he had people tortured and 

beheaded.  But, what the hell!  He sat on a  

shitpile of O-I-L, and that's what matters."