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Arabia

Saoodi King Abdullah Fears Full-Scale War

2006-07-26

Saudi Arabia's king has warned the current crisis between Lebanon, the Palestinians and Israel could spark a full-scale Middle East war. King Abdullah has also pledged $500m to rebuild Lebanon and $250m to help the Palestinians.

"If the peace option fails because of Israeli arrogance, there will be no other option but war," Saudi state television quoted the king as saying in an official statement. "No one can predict what will happen if things get out of control.

"So we wish the Zionists would hurry the hell up and finish off the Shi'a Hezbollah."

"The Arabs have declared peace as a strategic choice ... and put forward a clear and fair proposal of land for peace and have ignored (Arab) extremist calls opposing the peace proposal... but patience cannot last forever."

The king was referring to an Arab peace initiative, proposed by Saudi Arabia and adopted in a 2002 Arab summit. The deal offers Israel a comprehensive peace in return for Arab land it seized in a 1967 Middle East war.

And requiring the 'right of return', and handing over Jerusalem including the Wailing Wall ...

Posted by:Steve White

#9 They are 'free' to choose which side to be on (or to be on neither side).

They 'choose' to support terrorism, murder, and kiddie rape. Evidence: Beslan the Russian school where kids were murdered, raped, and killed and the MSM provided cover to the islamic terrorists - refusing to call them 'terrorists' or reporting that they were -each-and-every-one-of-them MUSLIMS.

They should be held responsible for their choice.

Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-07-26 12:31

#8 I've been thinking about this for a long time.

"you can't have a democracy without a free press"

Which begs the question: Do we have a free press?

Yes, obviously they are "free" to print any damned thing they want, national security secrets, endless lies, distortions, factual omissions, editorial spin disguised as news, lionization of both hateful assholes such as those who sympathize with Hezb, the Taleban, and al-Qaeda as well as those who are obviously reality-challenged such as Cindy the Parasite Code Pink Tool, giving disproportionate coverage to the Socialist and Tranzi agendas while disingenuously bandying "disproportionate" about as a charge against Israel's attempt to live in peace, and promoting the agendas of the unelected self-styled and self-appointed forces of "progressivism" while daily demeaning the elected government leaders of this nation in a never-ending display of BDS dementia.

Yeah, they're "free" in the literal sense.

They're just on the other side.

Posted by: Champ Angeger5024 2006-07-26 11:27

#7 huh?

Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-26 11:27

#6 #sigh# As much as I hate to admit it wxjames, history has shown us time and time again that you cant have a democracy without a free press. Its like shaving with a double sided razor: you cant trim your beard without one, but youll keep cutting yourself every day.

Posted by: Secret Master 2006-07-26 11:06

#5 They all feel the same way and for good reason. As soon as war breaks out, they want a cease fire. this is because most world governments are so fragile that a broad war will topple them.
What we should do to keep democracies from being toppled, is lock up the press for a decade or so.

Posted by: wxjames 2006-07-26 10:41

#4 Exactly

Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-07-26 10:19

#3 Fertilize and water their fears, is that what you mean, Jesing Ebbease3087?

Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-26 09:41

#2 The Arabs are slow to gather, but when they do, they get stupid together. Minimally, I'd diplomatically tend to their fears, if I was the State Dept, especially after the recent Arab Summit where all the rich oil bastards and dictators caught up. They'res a big plot, maybe from Iran brewing the whole Middle East.

Posted by: Jesing Ebbease3087 2006-07-26 01:27

#1 He's worried about the fragile Middle East stability... that keeps him in power.

You should've made peace with Israel way back when, Kingy. Then you'd have some sway with them now. But you're a sworn enemy of your own choosing, so fuck off, LOL.

Posted by: Champ Angeger5024 2006-07-26 01:21

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