Foreign Policy

AP apologizes for NSA spying on US allies.

US-Saudi relations deteriorate.

"The strange thing about the crackup in US-Saudi relations is that it has been on the way for more than two years, like a slow-motion car wreck, but nobody in Riyadh or Washington has done anything decisive to avert it."
"What should worry the Obama administration is that Saudi concern about US policy in the Middle East is shared by the four other traditional US allies in the region: Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Israel. They argue (mostly privately) that Obama has shredded US influence by dumping President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, backing the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, opposing the coup that toppled Morsi, vacillating in its Syria policy, and now embarking on negotiations with Iran - all without consulting close Arab allies."

I'm sure those things upset the Saudis, but I bet this is just an excuse. The Saudis know that the Chinese and Russians are building an economic block based on gold and the US and Europe are on the verge of an economic collapse because of paper money.