An article about the deterioration in the way the United States has been treating Saudis says the resulting Saudi unhappiness with the US has taken an economic toll.

"We've scared off a lot of tourism and scared off a lot of medical patients, and the impact on our economy is more substantial than people realize or want to recognize," said Charles Kestenbaum, a commercial officer at the U.S. Embassy here until becoming a corporate consultant last summer.

Hmm. As Matt Welch wrote, Former U.S. diplomats have become Saudi Arabia's apologists. Neither the article nor Mr. Kestenbaum says a single word about the Wahabi fundamentalists the Saudi government won't or can't put the lid on.