Cheney Has "Broad New Initiative for the Middle East"

Burried in CNN's story on Cheney in Arabia is this little statement, sure to raise the hair on the neck of any thinking person:

The visit is the outcome of at least two months of work on a "broad new initiative for the Middle East," the adviser said.
On all issues, the Saudis and the United States see "eye to eye," the adviser added.
Saudi Arabia is expected to take a lead role in the region.

What? "A broad new initiative for the Middle East..."; doesn't that sound kind of big? What is Cheney et al cooking up in their hyper-secret bunkers, and why did he have to tell the Saudis face-to-face? And is Bush telling Maliki the same thing? What ever it is, by all past evidence it will be wrong, scary and bad.

And what is that last unexplicated statement "Saudi Arabia is expected to take a lead role in the region." Does this means that the US doesn't think the Saudis currently have a "lead role." A "lead role" vs. Iran?

Stayed tuned (and alert) to this one. Dick Cheney is on the prowl.