Editing Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (section)

===Bush presidencies===
Bandar formed close relationships with several American presidents, notably [[George H. W. Bush]] and [[George W. Bush]], his closeness to the latter gaining him the affectionate and controversial nickname 'Bandar Bush'.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Baer |first=Robert |title=The Fall of the House of Saud |date=May 2003 |magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200305/baer/3 |access-date=5 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007024115/http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200305/baer/3 |archive-date=7 October 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> His particularly close relationship with the Bush family was highlighted in [[Michael Moore]]'s documentary ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]''. He was reportedly so close to George H. W. Bush that he was often described as a member of the former president's family.<ref name="New Yorker"/><ref>{{Cite news |last=Leigh |first=David |last2=Evans |first2=Rob |date=7 June 2007 |title=Prince Bandar |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/07/bae5 |access-date=9 February 2011 |work=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> He advocated [[Saddam Hussein]]'s overthrow in [[Iraq]] in March 2003.<ref name="kingsmessenger">{{cite book |author=Ottoway |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UdIZhiQxGxEC&pg=PA251 |title=The king's messenger: Prince Bandar bin Sultan and America's tangled |publisher=Walker Publishing Company |year=2008 |isbn=9780802777645 |location=New York |page=251}}</ref> He encouraged military action against Iraq and supported [[Dick Cheney]]'s agenda for "The New Middle East", which called for pro-democracy programs in both Syria and Iran.<ref name="kingsmessenger"/>