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Saudis tell Obama: Impose Mideast solution if needed
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to impose a solution on the festering Arab-Israeli conflict if necessary, a Saudi newspaper said on Sunday. Saudi Arabia and other Arab states want Obama to get tough with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his refusal to endorse Palestinian statehood and for defying U.S. calls to halt the expansion of settlements. Good luck to all in "getting tough" with Netanyahu. Good luck to all. King Abdullah told Obama during his visit to Riyadh last week that Arab patience was wearing thin and that a solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict would be the "magic key" to all issues in the region, al-Hayat said, quoting what it called informed sources. Genuflecting not enough, Barry must now do his "magic?" "We want from you a serious participation to solve the Palestinian issue and impose the solution if necessary," the Saudi monarch told Obama, according to the paper, which is owned by a nephew of the monarch. It did not elaborate. But, but, but.... "one nation should not impose it's will upon another." Saudi Arabia was the driving force behind an Arab peace initiative first put forward by Arab states in 2002 offering Israel recognition in return for withdrawal from Arab land captured in the 1967 Six-Day War and a Palestinian state. "Offering Israel recognition" for what they gained 60 years ago? Israel has reacted coolly to the offer, renewed in 2007, saying a return of Palestinian refugees to areas now inside Israel would destroy the Jewish character of the state. Not to mention massive Arab immigration, Arab polygamy, skyrocketing birth rates and the eventual end of Israel as a culture and nation through UN mandated majority rule by Arabs. "We [Arabs] want to devote our time ... to build a generation capable of confronting the future with science and work," King Abdullah said, according to al-Hayat. Science? Work? Arabs? Is this senseless blathering coming from some sort of parallel universe? Saudi Arabia believes the collapse of Middle East peacemaking has given Iran a chance to expand its regional influence through Sunni Islamist groups such as the Palestinian Hamas, as well as its Shi'ite traditional Hezbollah allies in Lebanon. That's the ticket, blame the Joooos for the Iranian nuclear programe. Posted by: Besoeker 2009-06-08 |
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