[Dog Gone]

Very interesting interview and worthy of some serious discussion. However, the thread will be deluged with people making brief anti-Saudi rants making that difficult for awhile.

[McGavin999]

There are a couple of really interesting statements in this interview that say completely different things. I'm having trouble figuring out why they are so insistant on saving Arafat though. I know they got the evidence on the Karin A and they know he was behind the arms shipment.

The little tidbit about retaking the survey after the people of Afghanistan were liberated is quite interesting too.

Sounds to me like the royal family is really conflicted right now.

[thinktwice]

Free Republic often produces a surprising forum that shows more intelligence than expected -- that's happening here.

I'm reminded of the book "Revolt in the Desert" by T. E Lawrence, where Arabs were effectively led into battle by Lawrence against the Turks. The key ingredients in that war happened to be leadership and money, and the British provided both -- the junior officer, Arabic speaking Lawrence provided leadership over what were otherwise warring tribes; and the British commanding general, Allenby, provided Lawrence with the necessary gold to pay tribal chieftains for their help -- and the Arabs swept North, on Allenby's desert flank, to capture Damascus and expel the Turks.

This time, Arabs see Israel as the enemy and the Saudies have the gold; so ...

The whole world is in trouble if a terrorist shows up to lead the Arabs.