Posted on 06/18/2004 6:38:33 PM PDT by wagglebee
I trust Ijaz and I hope he's right, because if I was Bush I would give the Saudi royal family about a week to get their act together.
I tell ya what...we mass two division right at their border and I betcha they'll get it together. They better figure it out quick because I dont see the American people tolerating too many more heads getting chopped off by a bunch of arab hillbillies.
Ijaz is both right and wrong. He is right that the Saudis will fight terrorism because it is in their interests. He is wrong that we should give them the 'space' to do it. They made this problem. We cannot, and should not, bear the costs of ongoing terrorism while we wait for them to get around to dealing with their demons. They need to address this so fast it happened yesterday.
And I seriously doubt Ijaz's comments about the depth of the Saudi bench. I have not worked in the oil industry, but I have seen their military. Calling them incompetent would be a complement. I really doubt they have anything like the ability to run their oil industry without westerners.
I don't know how I feel about Ijaz. Very smart guy, but I wonder if he other loyalties ?? Just wondering
Look, I no longer, not for some time actually, give a sh_t what MI or anyone else says about SA or any other muslim country on the face of this earth.
We need to break out the big guns and start wiping ragheads off the face of this planet. That is the only thing they understand and the only thing that will win this WAR!!!
Times up!!!!!!!!!!
It seems that the Saudis took less than 12 hours to kill the murderers of Paul Johnson. They should do better next time. Kill them first.
It is sad that no gov't was serious about killing terrorists until recently, but all gov'ts should be serious about it now. And we shouldn't be friendly with any who aren't.
That would damage Saudi oil production more than any explosion of an oil refinery, loading terminal or series of oil field wellheads.
This is an interesting aspect of the recent change in tactics (directly attacking westerners rather than suicide-bombing the entire population). Ijaz is correct here--not only SA, but the entire Middle East is dependent on the West for their very survival. A lot is made of the West's need for ME oil, which is true, but very little is said of the ME's need for Western technology, food, products, manpower, etc. I spent some time in the ME and it amazed at just how dependent they were on Westerners for everything, not just oil workers. If there's an exodus of foreign labor from the ME you'll see a massive economic hardship in that area as every aspect of life there would be affected.
I'm withy you: Peace through Strength.
I think you're right. Whatever became of the neutron bomb? Then we could have a real (one-sided) war for oil.
That's total BS. Abdullah blamed a recent terrorist attack on 'Zionists' not three days ago. He's a lying bastard.
I vote for a nuclear sub popping up in the Arabian Sea.
Expert: Saudis (say they) Will (try to) Clean Up Their Act (, again).
I think the Saudis will go to a kill-first strategy very shortly. They need a couple of Soprono-type Saudi's...to do some dirty work at night. Just kill 2 or 3 of these each night...and let the neighborhoods know that if you are nice and polite...you live...and if you spout alot of Muslim garbage and talk "killing"...then you die. Within six months, the neighborhoods get cleaned up...one way or another.
They are a treacherous lot aren't they;
The Institute for the Analysis of Global Security - -The Sino-Saudi Connection
"We need to break out the big guns and start wiping ragheads off the face of this planet. That is the only thing they understand and the only thing that will win this WAR!!!"
I agree. Let's win. The first step is to nuke Mecca and Medina. Hit them where it hurts. Show them that Allah is powerless in the face of US technology.
Please post a link. I assume you are referring to the statements by Prince Naef, not Abdullah.
Abdullah promised 2 days ago that there will be a surprise regarding this incident. Abdullah is beloved in SA because he pulls no favoritism toward the rich princes.
I believe he will kill almost all of the 700 al-quaeda detainees now in Saudi jails. Monday morning firing squad, shown on all the Arab TV networks.
That would be awfully impressive. Ideally he should have done that before the deadline today, and say "you wanted your comrades released? OK, here they are!" But hey, if Abdullah can make anything significant happen here, I'm happy to give him the chance. He does sound like an interesting character, and maybe just the man that Saudi Arabia needs.
We will soon enough see if Abdullah's rep is worth what the Saudis says it is. . . my take is from the workers inside his palaces - they love this guy.
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