Saudi Arabia To Cheney: "Ho, Get Yo Ass Down Here Now!"

Remember the wonderful little tale we were told last week about how Dick Cheney (aka Prince of Darkness) went down to see the Crown Prince of the Saud Royal family to ask his help for "peace" with Iraq? Well, funny story there, because it didn't quite happen like that apparently.

In fact, as Nico at Think Progress points out, how nice it is that our "elected" officials quiver at the hands of the capricious Sauds (as in "Dick, you're my bitch!):

Last weekend, Vice President Cheney traveled to Saudi Arabia in a visit that “was originally portrayed as U.S. outreach to its oil-rich Arab ally.” Cheney made the trip purportedly to discuss a “range of regional issues,” Cheney’s spokeswoman said. The Associated Press reported that Cheney was “seen as a US diplomatic push to stem surging violence in Iraq.”

But today’s Washington Post reports that the push for the meeting came from the Saudis, not the other way around:

Saudi Arabia is so concerned about the damage that the conflict in Iraq is doing across the region that it basically summoned Vice President Cheney for talks over the weekend, according to U.S. officials and foreign diplomats.

What does it say about the nature of U.S.-Saudi relations when the Vice President can be “summoned” by the Saudi Crown Prince?