"President Bush needs to understand two things: Democracy can save Lebanon from itself, and Saudi Arabia is not an ally for democracy. Right after Prince Abdullah returned from his most recent visit to Crawford, Texas, a Saudi court passed harsh judgment on three Saudi democratic dissidents, while the Wahhabi clerics who call for jihad against America in Iraq are roaming free. Subcontracting American policy and allowing the Saudis to micromanage Lebanese politics in the post-Syrian era, even with the tempting "low-hanging fruit" of regime change in Damascus, will not realize the Middle Eastern freedom and democracy that Mr. Bush envisioned in his second inaugural address."
1 posted on
06/09/2005 4:34:30 PM PDT by
dervish
To: SJackson; Patrick_k; SunkenCiv; chukcha
2 posted on
06/09/2005 4:36:10 PM PDT by
dervish
To: dervish
"President Bush needs to understand two things: You bet.
1) Quit f'in around in foreign politics.
2) Button up his own borders.
3 posted on
06/09/2005 4:58:57 PM PDT by
iconoclast
(Conservative, not partisan.)
To: dervish
President Bush needs to understand ...
I think we all do. I love it when Larry King interviews an "expert" on Middle East democracy - Queen Nora. Of when her son - King Abdullah - lectures about "democracy" on Fox. And what about all those Saudi paid media consultants and advisors debating values of "democracy" on talk shows?
4 posted on
06/09/2005 5:36:16 PM PDT by
chukcha
To: dervish; TexKat; Seadog Bytes
"Could Akkar be the next Deoband, the town in Pakistan where Saudi-bankrolled religious seminaries spawned the Taliban?"
I guess it depends. Does spawning include getting taken out by a smart bomb? Just curious.
8 posted on
06/09/2005 10:35:24 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: Do not dub me shapka broham
Ever wonder why a pro-US regime in an Arab country located smack in the middle of the the rats nest? Iraq has borders in common with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Kurdistan :'), Syria, and Jordan, and hmm, probably some I've left out... ;'D
9 posted on
06/09/2005 10:39:38 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(FR profiled updated Tuesday, May 10, 2005. Fewer graphics, faster loading.)
To: dervish
Big huge DUH to this.
islam wants to destroy everything and take over the world. The HQ of that is Saudi Arabia.
Anyone that doesn't understand islam is an idiot, and it like someone sitting on the 105th floor of the WTC on 9/11. Just ready to die.
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