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The Saudi Way: It has increasingly diverged from the American way.
Wall St Journal ^
| August 12, 2002
| SIMON HENDERSON
Posted on 08/12/2002 6:52:46 AM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:46:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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The recent statement by Saudi Arabia's foreign minister that the U.S. will not be allowed to use Saudi soil to launch an attack on Iraq is further proof that the House of Saud is not our "ally" in the war on terror. Last month's Defense Policy Board briefing (as reported in the Washington Post) made a good point when it described Saudi Arabia as "active at every level of the terror chain." The Bush administration's attempts to distance itself from such statements will prove increasingly difficult as the truth about the Saudi kingdom becomes better known.
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posted on
08/12/2002 6:52:47 AM PDT
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
It's been this way before the USA was a nation and Saudi Arabia was nothing more than transient goat herders. We've been making deals with the devil and it's bearing bitter fruit.
2
posted on
08/12/2002 6:56:24 AM PDT
by
TADSLOS
To: SJackson
World War III on the horizon? Maybe a little something from the Book of Revelation in the form of Islam against the world?
3
posted on
08/12/2002 7:02:45 AM PDT
by
GBA
To: SJackson
The Saudi's are the main support of Terrorism all over the world. It will only take one company of U S Marines to take them out. Throwing money at the Marines will not help them.
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posted on
08/12/2002 7:15:17 AM PDT
by
Texbob
To: Texbob
Pretty strong stuff for the Wall Street Journal.
To: SJackson
The House of Saud is a diseased whore that gave birth to and sustains radical/militant Islam...
The two faced lying bitch has earned our hatred, and deserves to feel the wrath of a brutal American vengence.
Semper Fi
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posted on
08/14/2002 9:06:34 PM PDT
by
river rat
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