Denial: not a river in Egypt…:

US officials called security relations with Riyadh “very strong” despite a report saying Washington is frustrated with the Saudi role in Iraq, as Washington said it was readying a major arms package for Saudi Arabia.

On Friday the White House insisted the two allies are working closely to fight terror even as The New York Times reported that Washington believes the Saudis are trying to undermine the Baghdad government and have failed to stem the flow of volunteers joining the insurgency there.

According to the Times, the Saudis view Iraq’s Shiite prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, as an agent of Iran and appear to have stepped up efforts to weaken his government, providing funding for Sunni groups.

While not addressing the Times report specifically, White House spokesperson Dana Perino insisted Friday that Washington and Riyadh are working closely on security issues.

“We have very strong relations on counter-terrorism measures,” Perino said.

Let’s recap: most of the 9/11 hijackers came from Saudi Arabia.  The Saudi royal family has been funding Jihadi religious schools for years.  Currently, damn near HALF of the foreigners carrying out attacks in Iraq come from Saudi Arabia.  Yet we’re yelling at Iran & giving the Saudis weapons?

This would be like if I lived in between a neo-Nazi & an annoying yet not imminently dangerous evangelical, and I bought the neo-Nazi a gun after finding my lawn w/ a giant Swastika burnt into it.