This is just wrong. Nothing like a pathetic apology for one of the most brutal and oppressive regimes to start off the day. The real kicker was this line:

The Saudi peace proposal was a real and novel attempt … not only to end the violence in the region through a mutually agreeable settlement, but also to begin the process of Arab recognition of Israel.

Or how about this understatement: “[Saudi Arabia] suffers from a number of human-rights abuses.”

Augh.