In my years of living in the U.S. and diligently reading The Wall Street Journal, I do not think I have ever read a more alarming article than Karen Elliott House's "Behind the Saudi-U.S. Breakup" (op-ed, Oct. 25). Her careful use of the terms "desperately," "weak," "naive" and "not faithful" in describing the U.S. is chilling. In a very short time the U.S., under this administration, has alienated its traditional friends in the Middle East—Israel and Saudi Arabia—and emboldened its enemies, chief of which is Iran. This may well be the Obama administration's signal achievement....