Egypt also went south.
2 out of 3 countries are hellholes now
And yet, amazingly, the 34+ year old peace treaty hammered out by then Pres. Jimmy Carter between Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat still holds. I believe this is the only treaty between Israel and any of it's neighbors that has held this long.
We pay dearly for the continuance of that treaty.
The Saudis are the worst of the bunch. The country is basically Salafist institutionally. I'm surprised they haven't classified non Sunnis as terrorists. That's coming. What happens if the U.S. Embassy sends an athiest to the post? Does he get diplomatic immunity?
One thing we know for sure. A person wearing a crucifix could be in mighty big trouble wearing it outside his clothing. As one guy working there for Bechtel told me, his room mate told him to hide it or he could be killed. Well, we see how the Christians are being persecuted all over the Muslim world, so why should Saudi Arabia be different.
I believe that the Saudis have a rehab place for former terrorists. Who even knows if they will be rehabitated or go back to terrorism.