He (Jim B. Smith)said the country has about a 50-50 divide between those who are religiously conservative and those who seek modernization. " I wonder where Smith got the 50-50? They took all the drama out of the transition.---"If they (ISIS) see the transition of leadership as vulnerability, it would be a big mistake on their part," Smith said. Don't count on that. It's just another Obamite putting an Obama friendly spin on bad a bad situation. I think ISIS will try and exploit King Abdullah's death. B2B