Arab boycott affecting US, though its cause is not understood

Arab News ^ | 9 jul 02 | Barbara Ferguson

[white trash redneck]

In their dreams...

[egarvue]

O woe is us! How WILL we survive without the Arabs buying our stuff (the vast majority who are dirt poor sand-scrabblers anyway)? Will someone please invent a cheap source of fusion energy, so we can once and for all tell these Arab barbarians where to stick their ill-gotten oil?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Boycott? What boycott?

[Chi-Town Lady]

I'm glad they're not coming in droves anymore! Boycott the US all you want. I think it's great! Kinda like when Jesse Jacka$$ told the blacks to boycott ChicagoFest! Someone came up with t-shirts that said "Thanks Jesse". Maybe someone could come up with the same sort of thing here!

[newwahoo]

"In an effort to restore relations business and travel between the two countries, the US Embassy in Riyadh recently launched a “Go-2-USA” website."

Amazing how fast the machinery of government engages on some issues while others continue to be ignored. I'm not flying until things change, and I'm eagerly awaiting real action with regards to the border and immigration issues.

[liberalism=failure]

We should boycott their oil and show them what that does. I for one am sick of these worthless shitteheads thinking they can push us around and get away with it.

[Catspaw]

Oh, wow, I'm worried.

Perhaps they're boycotting the states because we really don't want them here post-9/11. How long did it take the Saudis to admit that 15 out of the 19 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia?

[Dialup Llama]

>Visa applications to the US have also fallen...

And this is a problem?

[xJones]

The Arab boycott is reverberating throughout the United States, but the reason for the boycott US sympathy and support to Israel appears to continue to be ignored.

Your post: "Boycott? What boycott?"

LOL! The reverberations are so bad that no one I know outside of Freepers has even heard of it.

[Alouette]

Visa applications to the US have also fallen, especially after stringent background checks that take up to three weeks were introduced for visa applicants from certain Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia.

And the downside of this is......?

[Koblenz]

I'm having real trouble selling camels here in CT. And burkas too.

[powderhorn]

I for one think it's time we do something to make the Saudies feel a bit better about America. Here's an idea: Let's send them expensive presents. The best present I can think of would be one of those brand new cars that run on hydrogen. Ya, they cost a lot, but let's not spare any expense to show the Saudies how much we appreciate them.

[Alouette]

brand new cars that run on hydrogen

Sweet!

[b4its2late]

Visa applications to the US have also fallen, especially after stringent background checks that take up to three weeks were introduced for visa applicants from certain Muslim countries, including Saudi Arabia.

We should not be taking ANY applications for Visas....

[Cobra Scott]

It is obvious; those few with wealth are realizing very quickly just exactly where all those "Jihad-aid" petrodollars have gone, and have good reason to suspect continued terrorist actions in the US. They aren't afraid of Americans as much as they are afraid of what they've done to America.

[Hugin]

FACT: the combined GDP of all 21 Arab nations is less than that of Spain.

Just thought I would put this in perspective.

[powderhorn]

Boycott???

I don't think so. Since 1981 the Saudi average income has gone down 75%.

They just can't afford to spend money like they used to. Twenty five years from now the Saudies will be complaining about those darn rich Ethiopians.

[Salgak]

No, I've got a better idea. We form OFEC, the Organization of Food-Exporting Countries. Then we stop exporting them food until they stop exporting terror. We can live a lot longer without their oil than they can without our food. . .

[Kierkegaard]

I just don't believe that this is anything other than a fabrication. If it were a real article, rather than a bit of masterbatory spew by white trash or his source, it would be hilarious. "Alas", I think this time that this fiction is stranger than truth.

[LenS]

Since our food is planted, weeded, fertilized, harvested and shipped through the use of oil products, that might not be as good a bet as you think. *g*

Unless I've missed the latest solar-powered tractors?