Posted on 10/17/2001 2:39:06 PM PDT by FresnoDA
Western diplomatic sources said the Saudi royal family has not relayed any such intent to Washington. But the royal family has been examining the option of calling on U.S. forces to leave the kingdom to relieve the intense pressure by the Islamic opposition. Crown Prince Abdullah, the sources said, appears to favor such a call. The move is said to be opposed by Saudi Defense Minister Prince Sultan, a rival to the throne.
An estimated 13,000 U.S. military personnel and support staff are deployed in eastern Saudi Arabia. The U.S. military also has the use of facilities in Dharan, Riyad and Taji for aircraft.
The military personnel is joined by another 30,000 American nationals, many of whom help train the Saudi military and work on weapons programs.
The sources said the Pentagon is aware of the debate within the Saudi ruling family. They said officials have been examining alternatives to the U.S. military presence in the kingdom.
The options could include Oman, regarded as Washington's most reliable ally in the Gulf. The United States could also transfer aircraft and installations to such countries as Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
The debate within the royal family is not meant to end the U.S.-Saudi alliance, the sources said. They said Riyad intends to maintain oil stability, a key interest of Washington.
Ooops! Wrong country.
You hear - ...kill all the Muslims
Interesting, and you are not the only one to do this.
Is it that socialists naturally view Muslims as the enemy?
BTW The best way to win the peace is also to kill the enemy.
How come you don't mention the Philippines? The Islamic terrorists there are actually holding some Americans captive. Sounds to me like you're less interested in "devastaing Islam" wherever it threatens us than in getting the US involved in a war in the MIDDLE EAST. I'm glad W doesn't share your bloodlust.
These kinds of childish fantasies and the advocation of invasion of foreign countries in order to annex their lands and treasure by some other posters make this place look like a Yahoo chatroom. Even if done in jest, about which I have some doubts.
That is what we need to do, providing "our evironmental whacko's " will let us withought their protesting etc.!!
Here is post 85:
I understand that there is a good deal of evidence to show Some Members of the Saudi Government have been financially helping Osama Bin Laden.
The bombing of The Khobar Towers could not have happened without Saudis being involved.
I've spent a number of years working with the Saudi military and I swear we can Occupy that sand pile with the troops we have there right now.
Based on president Bush's statements,we are completely justfied in taking over that Country.
I am skeptical regarding the verity of this article. I don't think SA would actually do this, IMHO. . .
Saudi prince: US troops to stay
Excerpt from that link:
GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct 17, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- A Saudi prince said Wednesday that U.S. troops could stay in Saudi Arabia since only a part of the kingdom is holy for Muslims.
Prince Abdullah bin Faisal bin Turki al Abdullah al Saud was commenting on suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden's demand that U.S. troops stationed in Saudi Arabia should leave because it was a Muslim holy land.
"Only the two cities of Mecca and Medina are holy. The U.S. troops can stay where they are in the rest of the kingdom," said the prince.
He also assured the world that Saudi Arabia would do its best to fight terrorism and improve international economy.
"We should not let freak terrorists to demoralize the world or prevent nations from improving their standard of living," said Prince Abdullah, who heads the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority.
So9
Right now is an excellent time for the Saudi Royal Family to establish themselves as the dominant leadership nation in the Middle East.
What makes no sense to us in the West may make good sense to peoples in the Middle East, and thus be a prudent course of action for a government that seeks stability AND loyalty from Muslims at all levels of society.
It will be interesting to see if Sec. Powell will follow a typical knee-jerk emotional reaction, or listen to those with long term goals.
Venting is one thing. I concider Registered's pictures as venting. No one takes them for anything other than what they are intended for.
Your post was as follows;
We can't leave without giving appropriate tokens of our appreciation -- like dropping oof some neutron devices to take care of the problems in Jedda, Riyadh -- and a few old style high altitude devices to turn the Arabian Desert into the Sea of Glass...perhaps I am thinking too modestly.
Advocating dropping weapons of mass destruction in the senerio we are in is either crazy or childish. It's not entirely evident to everyone reading the thread that you were kidding. I assume you were kidding but given the earier posts which advocated annexing countries, which in my opinion were not made in jest but just made by morons, it isn't possible to be sure.
The point I made was that all of this nonsense makes this site look like a Yahoo chatroom full of children or otherwise weak minded people. If you like that format, why not go to those types of places? The people who hate this site, liberals and such, are given all the ammunition they need to discredit us all because of this nonsense.
You think I need to lighten up and I think you and others who make similar posts need to grow up. I guess we just disagree about the importance of having a credible place to discuss important things with intelligent people. The kind of posts that we are talking about tend to make them think this place is full of lightweights and move along. I would prefer people think before they post, or move along themselves. Just my preference.
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