THE SAUDIS GET BIT

New York Post ^ | 5/23/03 | PETER BROOKES

[kattracks]

May 23, 2003 -- 'AN appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last," Winston Churchill once said. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is learning this the hard way. After decades of appeasing Islamic extremism in the heart of the Arab world - and believing such a policy essentially immunized it against terrorism - it's reeling from an unexpected, painful bite.

[lainde]

bttt

[noutopia]

I hope they get bit harder. They deserve it,they hire people to do thier work,hire people to wait on them hand and foot,they need a hard,very hard strike to wake them up.

[powderhorn]

I hope they get bit harder.

I think they will get bit harder. After all the talking and fist shaking has been done, the Saudis will come to the conclusion that they have been slacking as appeasers. They will give in a little more, which really just gives Al-Qaeda more power, and yes, Al-Qaeda will reinforce the need for more appeasement with--you guessed it--more terrorist attacks.

[swarthyguy]

As long as terrorists have money, they're deadly.

Which brings into question our whole strategy post 9/11 of being nice to the Saudis and allowing to continue their shenanigans, both ideological and financial, for the sake of an economic "friendship" that is and was a deadly relationship for Americans, regardless of the the huge amounts of monies, investment and trade involved.