Saudis walling off their Iraq border

Seems that our ally Saudi Arabia is not so sanguine about Iraq's prospects for stability:

"But the feeling in Saudi is that Iraq is way out of control with no possibility of stability. The urgency now is to get that border sealed: physically sealed."

The fence is a fresh sign that key allies of the United States in the Middle East are resigned to worsening violence and the possible break-up of Iraq, where American intelligence agencies said this week that the continuing conflict fuelled global terrorism. The National Intelligence Estimate, a report compiled by 16 spy agencies, concluded that the Iraq war had become a cause célèbre for Islamic extremists and was cultivating supporters for the global jihadist movement

For Saudi Arabia, whose nationals have been accused of playing a key role as foreign fighters in the Iraq insurgency, the deterioration in its northern neighbour is a security nightmare.

(HT: Darksyde on Kos) I'd like to take reality, fashion it into a metaphorical two-by-four, and beat George W. Bush over the head with it until some tidbit from outside his smugbubble denial shield manages to penetrate his consciousness. It frightens me the number of Americans who still think he's a good president.