[The Vast Right Wing]

Is today April fools? Tick, Tick, Tick...

[madvlad]

Russia, China, et al can have their cake after
we take down Iraq. But we calls da shots
regardin' da oil!

Are the Saudis talkin' out their rectums
again or is this legit?

Mad Vlad

[Dog Gone]

Well, here's my nomination for the next Saudi Prince to die mysteriously.

[Tai_Chung]

If Arab countries were not 2-faced and publicly demanded Iraq accept all UN resolutions or face military attack, the Middle East would be a better place.

[EternalHope]

"There is a covert Arab-Western consensus on the need to topple Saddam," Talal told the Egyptian opposition daily al Wafd.

So covert it's invisible.

Sounds like the kind of guy with a bridge he'd like to sell us. Maybe some beach front property in Arizona, too...

[marron]

I love it.

I had come to the conclusion that once the Saudis had a good look at the abyss, they would stand up and salute the flag.

They would publicly mourn our dead, and publicly support the invasion of Iraq.

They are doing both. The alternative is a definitive break with the US, and the Saud family would not survive such a rupture.

They may not, anyway. Once secular, quasi-democratic rule is established in Baghdad, currents will be set in motion that will very likely bring down the monarchy.

My recommendation to them is to get ahead of the curve; to form a parliament, political parties that represent the various factions within the Saud family, and place on big toe carefully, but firmly, into the 20th century.

And send the mullahs packing, once and for all.

[js1138]

I have never believed we intend to invade Iraq. But we do intend to support the new government when it takes over from the inside. It's like a game of pick-up-sticks. We keep taking Saddam's sticks, and sooner or later he'll fall.

[mad puppy]

So the question becomes: is this guy the ugly brother like those of Carter (Billy?) and Clinton (Roger?) fame here?

[aShepard]

"Even Russia and France are seeking to safeguard their interests in Iraq regardless of who is president," he said, adding, "They all want a share of the cake in Iraq which sits on the world's second-largest oil reserves

These guys don't get it.

This is not a war to rape and plunder.

This is a war to rid the world of scumbags and convert counries to democratic ideals, who respect human rights, including the other half of the population.