Posted on 04/29/2002 8:50:22 PM PDT by Mel Gibson
Saudi Ambassador to London: Bush Has Complexes…' 'The Entire
World Fears a Future in the Shadow of Dubya'
In a recent column, the Saudi ambassador in London and occasional columnist for the London Arabic
daily Al-Hayat, Ghazi Al-Qusaibi, advised Arab regimes not to rule out the possibility of waging war
against Israel. On August 9, 2001 he published a scathing attack on US President George W. Bush.
Following are excerpts from the article
"When George Bush Jr. came to the White House, after a long period of ambiguity and confusion, it was
clear from the outset that his behavior stems from two enormous complexes. His first complex is [an
urge to] manage matters completely differently than his predecessor, the popular and beloved Bill
Clinton. His second complex is [an urge to] prove to himself, to his family, and to the world, that he
makes his own decisions, and that his being the son of a former US president has no effect whatsoever
on his political conduct."
"From the very beginning, it was obvious that little George wanted to come out from under the shadow of
big George (who should have chosen a different name for his son)."
"The truth is that his complex was evident even before he entered the White House, when he insisted on
introducing himself as George W., or 'Dubya,' as he pronounced it, so that no one would confuse him
with his father. His complex became deeper when he needed the help of the old faces of his father's
administration. If we take into account the Freudian problems of which no family is free – one example of
many is Dubya's past alcoholism and his father's disappointment with him; another is the problem of the
widespread belief that his younger brother is smarter and more talented than him – we will understand
that his desire to prove that he has come of age is uncontrollable."
"No one has the right to deal with someone else's personal complexes as long as they are limited to his
personal affairs. But in this case, we are dealing with the most powerful country on earth, and with a
man whose decisions, positive or negative, affect the entire world."
"If only the matter ended with these two complexes! [But in addition,] the new president has arrived
from the depths of domestic American politics with no experience whatsoever in foreign affairs. It has
been said that during his term as governor of Texas he went abroad only twice – once to South America
and once to Israel. Anyone familiar with [Midwest] America, remote from both liberal coasts, knows that
there is a '[Midwest] American' ideology that leaves its mark on almost every politician from the depths
of the US."
"This ideology is based on simple principles which some may view as naive. It includes a solid belief that
the entire world needs the US, but the US does not need the world. There is tremendous caution
regarding 'entanglements' in adventurism abroad. And there is ignorance about what is happening in
many regions in the world – first and foremost in the Middle East."
"Thus, the man who now carries the White House is a man who carries these fundamental principles with
him. [He is] a man lacking in foreign affairs experience; a man who wants to be different from his
predecessor even when his predecessor was right; a man who does not want to carry on with the same
policy as his father, even when that policy was wise. In a few months, this man has succeeded in
creating so many enemies for the US that he deserves a prize that should be called: 'The Prize for Non-Stop Turning of Friends into Enemies.'"
"Dubya began his term with talk of a new military program that no American commentator calls anything
less than idiotic. This program – nicknamed 'Son of Star Wars' – is based on the extremely bizarre idea
that the source of menace to the US is not the USSR, which no longer exists, but a group of rogue states
– Iraq, Iran, and North Korea. One of these states, if not all, has the capability to develop nuclear
warhead missiles that can reach the US. The only way of dealing with this menace is to establish a
defense shield of missiles that will destroy every rogue missile reaching American territory."
"No one, not even Dubya himself, knows what the final cost of this project will be – although no one
doubts that it will run in the hundreds of billions of dollars."
"With a single decision – one with no logical or strategic basis – Dubya managed to push Russia into the
arms of China, and North Korea into the arms of Russia; to arouse a great deal of fear in Europe; to strip
of all [their] content disarmament agreements over which every American president since Eisenhower
had toiled long and hard; and to usher in a new era of a terrible arms race."
"This decision alone is enough to make the world – the entire world – fear a future in the shadow of
Dubya. But little George didn't stop there. Without consulting anyone, he decided to have the US bow out
of the international treaty [i.e., Kyoto protocol] against environmental pollution, which had taken many
long years to draft. With the same ease, he decided that the US would exit the negotiations on biological
weapons disarmament. He decided to simply let loose the war criminal [Ariel] Sharon, who immediately
embarked upon daily acts of massacres. As an afterthought, Dubya added an implied threat to OPEC countries not to dare to intervene in oil affairs."
"Doubtless the new president's advisors are telling him now, as he holidays at his Texas ranch, that there
is no reason to worry, no reason to spoil his vacation atmosphere. Russia won't rebel against the
American 'Santa Claus.' China needs huge American investments, and never forgets it. Britain is ready
to follow Dubya into each and every bear den in Texas. And Europe will quickly realize that it cannot
resist any American initiative."
"The Palestinian intifada will be ended next month, by the blood-letter, and negotiations will begin –
negotiations that will not finish before the end of Dubya's second term. There is nothing to fear from
Arab reactions: from the moderate states – starting with Egypt – which cannot forgo American financial
aid, to the Gulf states, which cannot renounce American military aid in the face of the 'Monster of
Baghdad,' none will do more than publish harmless declarations..."
"But Dubya's advisors, headed by [National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice] – whose legs the war
criminal Sharon lusted after, thus proving that he is just as good at vulgarity as he is at genocide – would
do well to offer their president, in addition to this rosy report, also a brief including the 'worst case
scenario.'"
"In this regard, let me suggest to those advisors that they remind Dubya of a few facts. Regarding
Russia, it would be a clear mistake to confuse [former] President Yeltsin – who barely roused himself
from vodka fumes before succumbing to the influence of drug fumes – with his successor [Putin], the
young wrestler and graduate of the Soviet KGB school."
"With regard to the Middle East, the American president's advisors should remind him of a solid historical
fact that many prefer to ignore: every military coup in the Arab nation, without exception, has been
directly linked to Palestine. Syria's upheavals were the result of the defeat of 1948, and had no
connection to domestic reform. The Egyptian coup of 1952 was carried out by a small group of officers
formed only after the war with Israel, and its primary goal was to wash away the shame clinging to the
Egyptian military. The Egyptian-Syrian unity, a real revolution in Arab politics, would not have come
about had it not been for the Palestine problem. The Iraqi revolution of 1958 was less against the
monarchy than against Nuri al-Sa'id, who was considered Israel's ally. The logic of the Arab revolutions
has been that all Arab capitals must rebel so that the free revolutionaries could all invade Palestine. The
Imam Khomeini aroused the public by means of his continued attacks on Israel, no less than his attacks
on the Shah. Even the cursed invasion of Kuwait was not free of attempts at 'Palestinization'... Finally,
the American president's advisors should remind him that the credit for leaving the 'Monster of Baghdad'
in charge of the regime must go primarily to American policy, which rains billions of dollars on Tel-Aviv
while it bombards Baghdad with missiles."
"If any of the American president's advisors is an Arabic speaker, he might summarize the position of
the Arab world, from one end to the other, with its moderates and extremists, with a verse from the
famous poem that, disregarded, led to the fall of the Ummayad empire: 'I see [beneath] the ashes a
spark of flame. And I fear that the blaze will take hold.'"
"We hope and pray that Dubya will return from his vacation relaxed and rejuvenated, and that in addition to self-satisfaction, he also has a modicum of apprehension. For in international politics, nothing is more frightening than a man who fears nothing."
I have met one of this individual's relatives in the past. In the book, "The House of Saud", there was a financier named AlGosaibi (Al-Qusaibi) who loaned money to the Saudi Royal family when they were virtually destitute, needless to say, the Saudi Royal family has a great deal of respect for the descendants of this financier, AlGosaibi. The AlGosaibi family is extremely wealthy, they own the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company in Dhahran as well as a large hotel next to the plant, banks, diversified holdings etc.
It's a shame that the financier AlGosaibi's descendants have such a negative attitude and outlook on life.
This from a guy with a towel on his head.
Funny that most of these analyses parrot the babbling Algoreites who lost. It kind of makes me wonder what their analysis of boy Clinton was! I'll be they had fun with that.
The one good point he makes is about the Russians. Putin has been real cozy with GWB - I don't trust him at all, and worry that the USA does.
And he says George W. Bush has a complex?
I'm just glad the Saudis are our allies. Or did I miss something?
The AlGosaibi family think independent of the Saudi Royal Family which is UNUSUAL and they also think without recrimination from the Saudi Royal Family due to the financier AlGosaibi's loan to the Saudi Royal Family, King Abdul Aziz when they were destitute.
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