Posted on 06/22/2004 7:05:05 PM PDT by blam
wahabi wabbit season might just have opened
Qatar
If the House of Saud gets serious about taking out the Al Qeade level operatives this will send enough of a tone to the Clerics, etc - For the most part, some Clerics will probably have to die - but death becoming people in the Middle-East is nothing new -
I just don't see the House of Saud falling because to much is at stake to keep them in office - for themselves one - they are extremely rich (this can and most likely will continue to buy them security within their own Country) - they are also of importance to us as well as Eastern Europe and much of East Asia - therefore I see them surviving this.
In fact, if GWB wins reelection I see the House of Saudi having an internal struggle within 2005-2006 in which a much more pro-American shift will take place -
Obviously the next few months are going to be very tense.
Thanks for the ping.
Oh, I think a more American-friendly shift will take place, especially when Americans start writing all the history books for the school kids there.
Maybe. But if Abdullah can remove Al Qaeda from the equation then you might see the majority of the House of Saud return to what it really likes doing.
Making camel loads of money selling oil to the west.
Any remaining disgruntled rear-hump royals could be more easily handled without an Al Qaeda organization around.
We ought to just start preparing for an oil shock and do what we have to do. Once they realize what we are up to all this nonsense will stop. This pussyfooting around is getting us nowhere. The Euro-weenies might get off their asses if they thought we were getting ready to do something drastic.
It's time to call in the Saudi bluff !
I suggest they build a spaceship and jettison themselves towards the sun.
That'll get them accustomed to their final infernal destination.
I wish the SAS were sent to those British sailors being held captive. I bet the battle would be sudden and very decisive.
The asymmetric resistance we would see in Saudi Arabia if our troops had to occupy it, would be much larger than what we saw in Iraq. And more locals would meld into the resistance in Saudi Arabia than what occurred in Iraq.
That makes sense if the Arab rulers of Iran want to reflect back on Arabia to restore Islamic purity to the owners of Mecca. The thing I see is Israel being the major impediment to the Iranian plan, and the US invasion of Iraq keeping Israel out of the picture so as to preserve the oil fields from being nuked as Israel is overrun.
Cleaning-house-before-hell-breaking-loose PING.
yeah but for the saudis and much of the middle east it is about appearance. I would bet Saudi intellegence ( oximoron for sure) knew who, and where Johnson was being held. I imagine they may have assisted,like al queda said. But when it went south they gave the order to whack them as a show of strength. To say.. See we are taking care of the problem. They just don't get the fact that they could have stopped it or not assisted in his kidnapping as an option. They are just that blind.
ping
Um not sure about that... you see the saudis would have to hire philipinos, or indians to shoot the RPGs the saudis dont really do much of anything except shop.
I wouldn't completely rule that out either.
I read somewhere today that it was US intellegence that told them where the bad guys were.
The Sauds were behind the beheading. They probably sense what we are about to do to Iran and it's some kind of warning shot.
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