Forbidden Truth   (book, opinion)

Forbidden Truth: U. S. - Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy and the Failed Hunt for Bin Laden

I've read several books recently about Saudi Arabia and the history surrounding that region. But last night when I was reading Foundation, there was an analogy that stuck with me and just now seemed to perfectly describe the US-Saudi relationship that has developed:

A horse is enemies with a wolf. The horse cannot kill the wolf. After many weeks of antagonism, the horse seeks outside help. He talks to a man and suggests that they team up against the wolf. So the man asks one thing of the horse: lend me your speed, and I will help you kill the wolf. So the man saddles up the horse and gets his gun and with the man's gun and the horse's speed, they kill the wolf. Then the horse is happy, thanks the man and asks him to get off of his back now. Which of course he doesn't, he just digs in the spurs...
 
horse == United States
wolf == energy crisis
man == Saudi Arabia
gun == Saudi oil
speed == American mass market