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2005-01-29 Arabia

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-29 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The U.S. agenda has been relayed to Saudi Arabia by both the Pentagon and military."

The Department of Redundancy Department was also involved...

Posted by PBMcL 2005-01-29 12:25:00 AM|| 2005-01-29 12:25:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 stability of Saudi Arabia would be a priority over this year.

Only 11/12ths of 2005 remaining... How is morale on .com's 40km wide strip of shoreline?

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-29 12:31:33 AM|| 2005-01-29 12:31:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Window dressing going up in 5...4...3...2...

I hope not. I hope that we learned our lessons in dealing with the Royals. They cannot be trusted.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-01-29 12:45:06 AM|| 2005-01-29 12:45:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 A major source of instability worldwide is Saudi money flowing into Wahabi missionary activity. Cut off Saudi money by relieving them of their oil assets. Give Mecca and Medina back to the king of Jordan, and boot the House of Saud.

Posted by Hashemite 2005-01-29 8:06:27 AM|| 2005-01-29 8:06:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 From what I hear most of the oil wealth of SA is in a small strip of land about 40 x 15 KM, in a Shia region.

Posted by Shipman 2005-01-29 8:29:25 AM|| 2005-01-29 8:29:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#6
The USA should be committed to the reform, not the stability of Saudi Arabia.
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2005-01-29 9:01:40 AM|| 2005-01-29 9:01:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Is this like "Mr. Arafat remains in stable condition"? or is that "Mr. Arafat's remains are in stable condition"?

Posted by Crereper Thomble7321 2005-01-29 9:35:30 AM|| 2005-01-29 9:35:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I'd like us to "stabalize" the oil fields. (And the Shias living in that area get the oil money, not us, of course.)

To hell with the rest of the country. Let them rot.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2005-01-29 11:05:18 AM|| 2005-01-29 11:05:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Guess they read Woosley's report.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-29 11:14:02 AM|| 2005-01-29 11:14:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 US been stabilizing Saudia for 40 year, before that GB been stabilizing Saudia for 40 years. Maybe, just maybe, it would've been cheaper to buy "expensive" oil from elsewhere?

Posted by gromgorru 2005-01-29 1:40:05 PM|| 2005-01-29 1:40:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 I'd prefer a Saudi Arabia so unstable you can't get any oil out. Ever. That would mean no money for the wahabi outreach program. Let them go back to the desert and slice each other's throats.

Good piece in the Wall Street Journal a couple of days ago by Peter Huber pointing out that the supply of oil is for all practical purposes limitless. Alberta alone has known reserves locked up in tar sands good for another 100 years of global consumption at current rates. You can get that oil out for about $15/barrel. What prevents the investment to ramp up new production sources like this is the threat that the Saudi's can open the spigot on easy to refine oil that comes out of the ground at $2-$3/barrel. Huber contends that we won't see oil over $100 a barrel over the long haul under any circumstance. $100/barrel wouldn't kill us. We'd adjust pretty quickly, though the short term disruption could be a bear.

Nice to know the strategic petroleum reserve is just about full now. Gives a nation options...

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2005-01-29 4:46:36 PM|| 2005-01-29 4:46:36 PM|| Front Page Top

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