College chums: Clinton and Saudi Intel chief

NY Post ^ | 8/ | Page Six

[PJeffQ]

BILL Clinton might have put more pressure on Saudi Arabia to stop terrorism if he hadn't been friends with Prince Turki al Faisal al Saud from their student days together in the '60s at Georgetown. Prince Turki was the head of Saudi intelligence and the secret police in the Clinton years, and he devised the strategy of appeasement with Osama bin Laden. His son, also known as Prince Turki, also went to Georgetown from '94 to '97. Meanwhile, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, who met with President Bush Tuesday, is the son of Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz al Saud, the Saudi defense minister who is named along with Prince Turki Sr. in the lawsuit 9/11 families have brought charging racketeering and unlawful death.

[Elkiejg]

well, well, well -- more and more of the Clinton truth's are coming out. Good find.

[oyez]

I thought Saudi law would prohibit the prince form associating with swine.

[TwoStep]

**FYI**

[Destro]

Bush shuts down terrorist financial support network in U.S. that Clinton knew existed and ignored

[KSCITYBOY]

bump

[TommyDale]

Huh? Oh -- I thought you meant COLLEGE SCUMS!

[norraad]

Saudi law, hyuk, hyuk, that's funny!

[Ides of March]

I thought you meant COLLEGE SCUMS!

"Chums" will work.

Main Entry: 3 chum
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1857
: animal or vegetable matter (as chopped fish or corn)
thrown overboard to attract fish

Beware.

[spny]

This is certainly troubling information, but Bush hasn't taken any sort of hard line against the Saudis. Why not? I suspect the answer lies beneath the Saudi desert. And it's likely the same reason Clinton never pressed the issue, not b/c he the intelligence minister was an old college buddy.

Instead of asking why Clinton coddled the Saudis prior to 9/11, shouldn't we be asking why Bush is doing the same post-9/11? Am I wrong to expect more from Bush and to hold him to a HIGHER standard?

[cake_crumb]

"BILL Clinton might have put more pressure on Saudi Arabia to stop terrorism if he hadn't been friends with Prince Turki al Faisal al Saud. from their student days together in the '60s at Georgetown. Prince Turki was the head of Saudi intelligence and the secret police in the Clinton years, and he devised the strategy of appeasement with Osama bin Laden"

I KNOW no one on this board is surprised. The question can truely be asked : "What did Clinton know, and when did he know it?"

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

"Surprise, surprise, surprise..."

[cake_crumb]

"I thought you meant COLLEGE SCUMS!"

LOL....but "chums"'ll work....as long as "chum" is meant in the context of that foul offal used as shark bait...

[ladtx]

?I?...friends with Prince Turki...?/I??P?Welllll, a Turki and a chicken. Birds of a feather ?b?DO?/b? flock together.

[r9etb]

This is certainly troubling information, but Bush hasn't taken any sort of hard line against the Saudis. Why not? I suspect the answer lies beneath the Saudi desert.

That's certainly part of it. However, there are obvious military reasons for being interested in the surface of the desert, too -- advantages that would disappear should we ever decide to kick the Saudis in the chops.

It's a tightrope walk, for sure. But I think we've still got the upper hand, because the precarious position of the Saudi royalty would become untenable if they simply kicked us out. Saudi support for terrorism is probably less a matter of sympathy, than it is a matter of bribing the mullahs to leave them alone.

[Southack]

It won't surprise me to see more and more information gradually come to light that a host of universities such as Georgetown have been responsible for coordinating a much wider role in anti-American activities than has been let on to date...

[cake_crumb]

"Saudi support for terrorism is probably less a matter of sympathy, than it is a matter of bribing the mullahs to leave them alone."

You've got THAT right. If we pull out of Saudi, and Saudi turns into another 1979-Iran.

[PJeffQ]

That Prince spoke on campus at G'town in March.

The only thing notable at G'town when I was there was alot of conflict between the Jewish Students Association and the Arab American Students Association...

[cake_crumb]

"It won't surprise me to see more and more information gradually come to light that a host of universities such as Georgetown have been responsible for coordinating a much wider role in anti-American activities than has been let on to date..."

Post 9-11, wasn't it Georgetown University where Bubba gave his infamous "9-11 was America's fault because we treated the natives badly, and 150 years ago some americans owned slaves" speech? And wasn't Georgetown the site for at least on anti-America rally which got massive media coverage?

[Bigg Red]

LOL!