Rights for Afghan Women! For Saudi Women...Not So Much

Via Yglesias, Megan Stack recounts some of her experiences as a woman living in Saudi Arabia. While recognizing the sad fact that the sort of routine extreme oppression of women which takes place in Saudi Arabia isn't enough to cause any significant ripples in the very close US-Saudi relationship, doesn't it seem that that coupled with continued Saudi underwriting of violent, radical Wahabbism worldwide would merit a more confrontational stance?