Saudi to Warn Bush of Rupture Over Israel Policy

The New York Times ^ | 04/25/2002 | PATRICK E. TYLER

[Dudoight]

Why can't we insist that Sharon withdraw, that Palestine become an autonomous state with NO occupation or Israeli settlers? What is wrong with that? Israeli should not have made those incursions. The Palestinians are hopelessly desperate. We need allies when we go after Saddam. We need oil to go after Saddam. We don't need to kiss Saudi behinds, but we need the middle east fixed and fixed soon.

[SamKeck]

Screw the Saudis. Dubya needs to tell them that their sorry, corrupt rear ends wouldn't be around these days if not for the good will of the United States and the blood and treasure we sacrificed in their behalf to keep them out of the clutches of Saddam Hussein. If they don't like the message, then they can drink their oil while the radicals overthrow their insignificant little sheikdom because the US will be opening up our Gulf and ANWR resources as the extremists they've coddled for so long take their heads to the chopping block.

[marvlus]

If anybody watched the beginning of Hannity and Colmes tonite, when Newt Gingrich was on, I believe Newt Gingrich said it best. Something to the effect of, "Bush needs to tell the prince:

1) We're disappointed in the fact that 14 of 19 hijackers(9/11) were from Saudi Arabia.

2) We're disappoined that Bin Laden is from Saudi Arabia.

3) We're disppointed that your country had a telethon to support the suicide bombers.

4) Are you going to disappoint us yet again, by not supporting our replacing Saddam Hussein as the leader of Iraq?

It is becoming more and more apparent that the Islamic world is now our number one enemy.

[reflecting]

Hoot!!!! You need to be a speech writer!!

[cake_crumb]

OOOOOO....OOOOOO....

The Saudi princes are all gonna RUPTURE?? Ouch. Couldn't happen to a better bunch of Wahhabist, UBL mini-me's.

[Thane_Banquo]

Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is expected to tell President Bush in stark terms at their meeting on Thursday that the strategic relationship between their two countries will be threatened if Mr. Bush does not moderate his support for Israel's military policies, a person familiar with the Saudi's thinking said today.

Arab governments have no moral authority. Sponsoring terrorism and inciting violence does not put them in a position to lecture us. I'm sure Bush will shoot right back at Abdullah with, "If you don't quit supporting terror, we'll quit supporting your regime."

[Miss Marple]

Israel made those incursions to arrest terroroists, which Arafat had been promising to do for 18 months. They were just helping him.

We can ask and we can even demand, but Israel is a sovereign nation, just like we are.

By the way, don't let the article put you in a tizzy. I imagine it is hype from one group or another and has little to do with the truth.

[concerned about politics]

I went to dirtyunderwear.com to see what their issues were for the year, and found this. Thought you'd want to know. "USNews: OOPS--The Secret's Out on Plan to Slam Bush, GOP (!!!)( it includes CNN)"

[reflecting]

Hoot!!!! You need to be a speech writer!!

[FreeReign]

You know, as far as I am concerned this doesn't even qualify as news. He is "expected" to tell Bush this? By WHOM? Note that there is the usual unnamed source. I think I will start making up my own news, just like the Times.

Ediitors were expected to tell Patrick Tyler that his services as a reporter were sadly lalcking and no longer required, a person familiar with the New York Times's management said today.

Haahaha! :)

[Samwise]

[mass55th]

Somebody give the Prince a truss for his rupture.

[dalebert]

So much of the news lately has turned out to be wrong that I think I will just wait and see. Bush and his team are pretty shrewd.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Screw the saudis. Overthrow their regime and take their oil.

[Sabramerican]

The Israel haters have been posting this and similar sentiments recently.....

........the strange thing is that it is Arabs who are always issuing "warnings" to the US.

How many here are kindly disposed to being constantly warned by the Arabs? Do what they say or 9/11 will be just a taste.

[Ranger]

Time to call Saudi Arabia's hand.

[Enlightiator]

On Saturday, Saudi's Arabia's state oil company is gathering the luminaries of the international energy industry to dine with Abdullah and his party.

The monarchist "Prince" Abdullah meets with GW, then plays the "oil card" by enlisting oil company big wigs to do his bidding, which is his countries Islamic cause, i.e., end the Israeli fight against the terrorist bombers. The oil company "leaders" will of course do his bidding, for money of course, and push GW and other Congressional leaders to "compromise" and stop Israel.

President Bush, in your own words, you are either against the terrorist, or you are with them.
Just say no to oil money and yes to honor, integrity, and the right for peaceful nations to pursue terrorists to the lands that harbor them.

[Steve Eisenberg]

All is not what it seems. Rather than getting angry at the Saudis prematurely, one could ask what the Times is up to with this story, and who planted it.

It's exactly what it seems. Some high ranking Saudi, maybe their ambassador to the U.S., told the Times most of this stuff in order to try to intimidate the President. You can complain about the New York Times, but compared to, say, the London Guardian or London Independent, their reporting is professional. The Saudi's are trying to intimidate us, not the New York Times.

Before too long, the Saudi government is likely to be overthrown no matter what happens on this diplomatic front.

[cake_crumb]

"Note that there is the usual unnamed source."

Hey, this "Unnamed Source" must ne a pretty credible guy...all the best news publications quote him all the time!

BTW...has anyboy seen that show called "To be Announced"? It's on almost every channel, but I always miss it....

[gaspar]

Cicero: You must recall your history! The New York Times owners are immigrant German Jews, the same sort who thought that Hitler was a fanatic, but manageable. Historically, this class wanted little to do with and actually looked down on the Yiddish population of Mittle-Europe