The Saudis with all their newfound wealth needed alliances and that is where James Bath and George Bush came in and were important to them. Favors beget favors and patience is a virtue in that part of the world. Favors and support which was guaranteed then comes back later and that is why Prince Bandar kept those ties close and used them to get Saudis out of the country after 9/11 (See Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 and the Ungar book.)."Flooded with petrodollars, the Saudis still urgently needed a partner. As a result, the kingdom began to weave a tight alliance with the United States, militarily, economically, and politically (and with those who would become key players, i.e. George W. Bush). As the petrodollars poured in over the next twenty-five years, roughly eighty-five housand `high-net-worth' Saudis invested a staggering $860 billion in American companies--an average of more than $10 million a person and a sum that is roughly equivalent to the gross domestic product of Spin. They took the United States by storm, selling crude, buying banks, building skyscrapers, buying weapons, investing everywhere."{Unger)
"Most important, the Saudis sought strong political ties to the UnitedStates through PERSONAL FRIENDSHIPS with the powers that be. Education, training, and connections with American power brokers became prerequisitesfor the next generation of the Saudi elite, `they started sending their sons to school int he U.S.,' says Nawaf Obaid, a Saudi oil analyst who himself was educated at Harvard and MIT. `They wanted to build up relationships with key people at the same time they had return on investments.'" (ibid)
George W. Bush was one of those important personal friendships. It is the reason Bush has succeeded even when his businesses should have failed. There was always the money and there was always the political pressure and influence to carry him all the way to the White House (Bushisms and all).
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