What the Saudis say in public and in private are often very different things. For a reason, like it or not.
What Bush looks for is, what do the Saudis actually do, in ways that are helpful to us but few know about. Like it or not.
Plus there are Saudi Royal factions, some of which work against us. But the faction at the top there now is judged by us to be doing us more good than harm. And in the horrible Middle East under today's circumstances, that ain't bad.
The Saudi's by the way are terrified of Iran.
"THEREFORE, THE KINGDOM ADDRESSES AN APPEAL AND A WARNING TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY IN ITS ENTIRETY, AS REPRESENTED BY THE U.N. AND IN PARTICULAR THE U.S.
THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA CALLS ON ALL TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HONEST, CONSCIOUS AND INTERNATIONAL MORAL AND HUMANITARIAN LAWS. IT ALSO WARNS ALL THAT IF THE PEACE OPTION IS REJECTED DUE TO THE ISRAELI ARROGANCE THEN ONLY THE WAR OPTION REMAINS AND NO ONE KNOWS THE REPERCUSSIONS BEFALLING THE REGION, INCLUDING WARS AND CONFLICT THAT WILL SPARE NO ONE INCLUDING THOSE WHOSE MILITARY POWER IS NOW TEMPTING THEM TO PLAY WITH FIRE."
Spare me the apologist rhetoric. The KSA Royal Court (Saudi government) called the U.S. out specifically, and threatened war. Or do you favor negotiating with a faction within KSA? After all, it is a "war on terror", and Saudi Arabia has not been labeled a "terrorist state". Forget about those 17 Saudi's that flew airplanes into our buildings.
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