It's...Complicated

From Album 5

Never thought I'd title a post featuring a picture of Dubya as complicated, but...the guy on the armrest is Bandar bin Sultan, who is as good an example as any to portray when. as Matt Stoller reminds us, there are no "friends" in international relations, only interests.

The linked essay isn't short, but it's definitely worth reading, and worth considering whenever you hear the typical rhetoric from the usual gasbags...