The most surprising thing is the backdoor arrangements the Treasury and Federal Reserve handily created to keep Saudi bonds purchases off the books - through fo

The most surprising thing is the backdoor arrangements the Treasury and Federal Reserve handily created to keep Saudi bonds purchases off the books - through forty years! I'm sure most people would not believe something like this could be done - that actual governing and federal dealing is so hidden, through changing administrations, in spite of apparent transparency, like annual reports, budgets, hearings, and so on. It really puts a big question mark on the U.S. democratic system, as if that wasn't tenuous enough already. Oh, and if anyone was in doubt about the shift to Iran, this suddenly being publicized as much as anything tells you all you need to know. It's a big middle finger to Saudi Arabia.