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Saudis Edging Away from the United States in Counterterror Efforts
2007-03-29
Posted by:3dc

#11  *RASP*
Posted by: RD   2007-03-29 23:04  

#10  Per .com's idea, we really need to appropriate KSA's Eastern oil fields as repayment for the cost of fighting all the Wahhabist terrorism they've sponsored. Screw the house of Saud with a rusty rattail file.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-03-29 22:39  

#9  Where's the surprise meter?
Posted by: gromgoru   2007-03-29 18:37  

#8  It's a Saudi royals ploy to be less of an Iranian target next week when the missiles start flying.
Posted by: Darrell   2007-03-29 14:11  

#7  It's the "Strong Horse - Weak Horse" theme in play. KSA figures that the US and the Brits are going to bug-out, leaving the anti-Persian Gulf states to the tender mercies of the Persians. Their best chance for survival is embracing the most savage, anti-Shia bad guys in town, so...
Posted by: mrp   2007-03-29 13:47  

#6  especially because of this: why the Saudis can pack sand


Posted by: Fester Jomons8988   2007-03-29 12:58  

#5  I don't see how they are useful to America anymore.
Posted by: Crineter Peacock1392   2007-03-29 12:54  

#4  
Haven't you people been paying attention?

The order of the list is Iraq, Iran, N Korea, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Detroit. Must flip in order.
Posted by: Master of Obvious   2007-03-29 12:46  

#3  "Edging"???

They've been at flank speed since I can remember. So much for the "moderate Crown" in SA.
Posted by: Anon4021   2007-03-29 12:27  

#2  Saudi funds Sunni terrorism worldwide and its about time Bush confronts them on this!!!!
Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608   2007-03-29 12:10  

#1  Ties are seriously fraying between the Saudi royals and the Bush administration, largely because the Saudis appear to have abandoned any pretext of confronting terrorism and instead have returned full bore to the long-held tradition of co-opting or buying opponents

What the hell they fund 80-90% of the shit hole anti-American mosques in the USA. Close them all down.

Spit.
Posted by: Icerigger   2007-03-29 12:06  

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