[link|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabi|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabi] gives a brief overview of the Wahabis. Which are the official state religion of Saudi Arabia. Note that they are Muslim fundamentalists who are extremely strict. They are also a movement that is not particularly aligned with US economic interests.

The theory that you presented would say that the Saudis should not support the Wahabis since they are so clearly contrary to Saudi economic interests.

The theory that I presented says that the Saudis should be seen supporting the Wahabis, even though that is potentially detrimental to their economic interests. The theory that I presented also explains why most of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

At this point your theory appears to contradict the facts. Unless you can find a way to reconcile the two, your theory should be discarded. If you can find a way to reconcile the two, but reconciliation requires a long and tortured line of assumptions to make it work, then Occam's razor says that you are probably barking up the wrong tree and need a simpler theory.

Incidentally my characterization of Saudi Arabia is drawn straight from [link|http://philip.greenspun.com/politics/israel/|http://philip.greens.../politics/israel/]. While I don't agree with everything in that article, it makes a number of points that I think are fundamentally right.

Cheers,
Ben