All becomes much clearer; I did not know this; thank you, Robert F. Worth:

The tensions between Qatar and Saudi Arabia are older and broader than the Arab uprisings that began in 2011. Saudi Arabia, which prefers to work its checkbook diplomacy quietly and behind the scenes, sees itself as the regional leader. But the Qataris have for years fashioned an outsize foreign policy, often rebuffing Saudi Arabia’s perceived interests, using its wealth and Al Jazeera, the television network it built, to play a decisive role in some of the region’s most volatile and important events.

Qatar, host to the largest American military base in the Middle East, has also eagerly financed Islamists in Tunisia, Libya, Syria and Egypt, often siding with the Muslim Brotherhood or its affiliates, like Hamas. Qatar angered the Saudis (and the Obama administration) by supporting Islamist rebels in Syria and providing some heavier weapons, like shoulder-fired missiles, against American advice.

Suddenly, some of the tables have turned on Qatar.

With the rise of the Brotherhood, the Saudis had largely cut off aid to Mr. Morsi’s government and ignored American requests to help Egypt manage a worsening economic crisis. After Mr. Morsi was ousted by the Egyptian military, the Saudi and Emirati governments were quick to issue strong statements of support for the transition. On Friday night, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia personally called Egypt’s army chief, Gen. Abdel-Fattah el Sisi, to reinforce his backing for the caretaker government, The Associated Press reported.

“This is clearly a setback for the ideology that Qatar and Turkey support and encourage,” said one Arab official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity so as not to antagonize two powerful nations. “If political Islam was a stock, it would have gone down dramatically over the past week.”

From Egypt Is Arena for Influence of Arab Rivals
By Robert F. Worth, New York Times, July 9/10, 2013

Article continues with lots more interesting stuff on Qatari & Turkish support of the Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar's erratic foreign policy elsewhere, and how Qatar might be changing, falling in line with the Saudis.

Hah. It really does seem to be shaping up that that's the case. We are no longer the big player, that's for sure, it's our $1.5 billion to Saudi's $8 billion. And the latter knows exactly who they want to get the check.

Got me thinking maybe the Sauds think about this Ikwahn  when they see today's Ikwahn.