Saudi Ambassador -2: Cites Iraq War Opponents' 'Chutzpah'

Dow Jones ^ | 12-12-03 | John Biers

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HOUSTON (Dow Jones)--Countries that oppose the U.S.-led war on Iraq have no right to criticize the Bush administration for restricting Iraq reconstruction contracts to companies from companies that supported the war, the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. said Friday.

Prince Bandar Bin Sultan said, "It's amazing how people who were doing everything possible to derail the success" of the Iraq war now "feel they have the right" to reconstruction contracts.

"It just takes so much chutzpah."

The ambassador's comments on the diplomatic controversy came during a strong defense of President George W. Bush's foreign policy in the Mideast. Bandar went on to rebuke Europe as ineffectual, saying at one point that he wouldn't want to have to call on that continent's leaders if he encountered trouble in a dark ally.

"The U.S. is the best bet," he said, adding Saudi people are America's "friends"

Bandar also reiterated the Saudi condemnation of terrorism and said the U.S. had no choice but to go to war in Iraq. Removing Saddam Hussein from power "couldn't happen by poetry. It had to happen the way that it did," Bandar said.

"The good of it outweighs all the pain that was caused by the process," he added.

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Yiddish - the universal language! :)

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12 Dec 2003 19:59 GMT +DJ Saudi Ambassador:With Bush On Allies-Only Iraq Contracts

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[Publius]

"They look like a bunch of gonifs to me," said Prince Bandar.

[sgtbono2002]

I think the French and the Germans have a lot of gall trying to collect Saddams debts from Iraq. They sold Saddam weapons illegally on credit and against the UN sanctions, why should Iraq pay for deals that were illegal. If the Germans and France and Russia sold a tyrant products on credit they were stupid and deserve no recourse.

[Eva]

I didn't even notice the use of the yiddish, that's a riot. I love it!

[Dead Dog]

You mean the "have a lot of gaul"?

[KarlInOhio]

So now we should give contracts to Saudi construction companies.

Let's see, which Saudi family is rich from the construction business? < church lady voice>Could it bin Laden?< /church lady voice>

[Cicero]

"They should have gotten up off their tuchises and pitched in," the Prince added.

[mseltzer]

What a bunch of schmucks.

[rmlew]

Unfortunately, most Yiddish speaking Freepers are observant and will not post until tommorrow night.
However, I did find a nice collection of Yiddish curses.

Er zol kakn mit blit un mit ayter.

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"They look like a bunch of gonifs to me," said Prince Bandar

It would not surprise me if Bandar called them that, too.