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Israel's New Friend--Saudi Arabia?
Associated Content ^ | June 12th, 2010 | Mark R. Whittington

Posted on 06/12/2010 12:08:06 PM PDT by Marcus

Who would have thought that as the 21st Century grinds on, that Saudi Arabia, the oil rich theocracy ruled over by petro billionaire playboys, would prove to be a better ally of Israel than the United States, at least in some respects?

How else can one characterize a situation where, on the one hand Saudi Arabia is arranging for Israel to fly over its air space should it choose to smite the Iranians, and on the other hand, the United States is plotting with the UN to embarrass Israel over the Gaza Flotilla affair? (Both, by the way, are hotly denied by the governments involved.)

The world indeed has turned upside down.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackobama; israel; saudiarabia; unitednations

1 posted on 06/12/2010 12:08:06 PM PDT by Marcus
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To: Marcus

The enemy of my enemy. All the middle east countries fear Iran getting the bomb because the Iranian leaders are insane.


2 posted on 06/12/2010 12:17:07 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Marcus

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2533230/posts

cross referencing

similar thread on this topic - with comments


3 posted on 06/12/2010 12:20:13 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter - God's redemption)
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To: Marcus

The animus against Israel is manufactured and for PR purposes only. They know Israel is a non threatening and a stable country. But their hatred and fear of Shia’s is real.


4 posted on 06/12/2010 12:27:04 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: Marcus
The only reason that the woman-beating, weak, pathetic "men" of Saudi Arabia are making nice with Israel is so that Israel can take care of the problem that the effete "men" of Saudi Arabia can't.

If the Iran issue gets taken off the table because of Israel's courage, then the Saudis will go right back to form.

5 posted on 06/12/2010 12:30:18 PM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
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SA paid the terrorists off to leave them alone and gave them mosques all over the world. But now they are realizing that although they may be the last to be killed (since they are so weak), they WILL be killed.

So, hey, Israel, wanna take these folks out for us?


6 posted on 06/12/2010 12:37:08 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: Marcus

The Saudis do not consider the Israelis to be friends, anymore than they considered us to be friends. We, the Israelis and us, are just the hired help.


7 posted on 06/12/2010 12:40:34 PM PDT by jmcenanly
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To: jmcenanly

Right.

And who’s to say that the Saudis won’t have top of the line anti aircraft missiles all emplaced waiting for the IDFAF to go over - provided by Russia, China, or even Brother in Islam Barry Hussein.

He who trusts an Arab, in my humble Islammophobic opinion, does so at his own bloody peril.

No doubt Israel is all too familiar with that deal, and Mossad knows all about what the Wahabbis and the Obama Regime are up to.

If the Saudis don’t want their empire to glow in the dark for the next 300 years or so they probably don’t want to pull a fast one here.


8 posted on 06/12/2010 1:03:07 PM PDT by George Varnum (Liberty, like our Forefather's Flintlock Musket, must be kept clean, oiled, and READY!)
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To: Carley

Either that or because Mecca is in Saudi Arabia and they fear Bibi may just have the guts to take out Mecca.


9 posted on 06/12/2010 1:15:11 PM PDT by nonliberal (Graduate: Curtis E. LeMay School of International Relations)
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To: GiovannaNicoletta

Wrong. Arabs hate Persians as much as they hate Jews, but they know Israel is a modern country with smarts. It would be stupid not to side with such an important country. How many third-world countries are in the middle east? Israel and Saudi Arabia are not among them (for the most part).


10 posted on 06/12/2010 1:21:40 PM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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