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| And The New Leader of the Free World IsÂ…Saudi Arabia? |
| 2011-05-28 |
| Since the United States is not leading the anti-Islamist forces in the Middle East and protecting the relatively moderate Arab states, the new leader isÂ…Saudi Arabia. But, you say, isnÂ’t Saudi Arabia also Islamist? Well itÂ’s as Islamic as you can get without being revolutionary Islamist. IsnÂ’t Saudi Arabia profoundly anti-Jewish? Yes, but it mostly just talks about it. IsnÂ’t Saudi Arabia anti-democratic? Yes, weÂ’d prefer the United States but President Barack Obama is busy with other things. Obama wants Middle East Muslims to love America. There are only two problems: 1. His policy doesnÂ’t work. They donÂ’t love America. 2. The Muslims he keeps appealing to are those who are radical and pro-terrorist. For those who are Muslims but donÂ’t want to overthrow their neighbours, go to war with Israel as soon as possible, throw out U.S. influence, and transform their countries into something like Iran and Taliban Afghanistan, Obama is a problem. So the Saudis are doing what IÂ’ve been telling the Obama Administration to do for 2.5 years: Form an alliance opposing revolutionary Islamism. Of course, the Saudis wonÂ’t include Israel (at least publicly) and they wonÂ’t get Europe, but at the moment theyÂ’re all weÂ’ve got. This was completely predictable. Some weeks ago, Nawaf Obeid, who speaks for the Saudi government, in an informal and deniable way, of course. And he voices the Saudis anger and disappointment with a U.S. government that fails to fight against revolutionary Islamism and protect it from Iran. IÂ’ve been writing about this split for two years and now it has happened. The thing is that the Saudis are right and Obama is wrong. It helped overthrow the Egyptian regime and was ready to help bring down the government in Bahrain. The Saudis have had enough. The Jordanians would do the same if they could, as would Israel. And there are plenty of countries in South America, Central Europe, and Asia that also feel this U.S. government has let them down. WasnÂ’t this the U.S. government that was going to win over the Muslims, make the Arabs love America, and make the United States popular again? Saudi Arabia has plenty of shortcomings. It wonÂ’t even let women drive! But at least it wonÂ’t let Tehran and the Muslim Brotherhood get in the regionÂ’s driverÂ’s seat. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 yes indeedly |
| Posted by: anon1 2011-05-28 05:06 |
| #2 Anon1 Pak army and Iran Govt would be up there with the Saudi Wahabbis! |
| Posted by: Paul D 2011-05-28 04:00 |
| #1 Saudi Arabia is the root of the problem, culturally and religiously. If the Saudis wanted to help remove terrorism they would start in their own country, modernising the Imams to promote respect for the rights of women, respect for science, reason and modernity and the modern secular state. Then they would ensure that all that oil money wasn't being recycled to fund terrorist training camps and fundamentalist Wahhabi madrassahs around the world in places such as Indonesia, Somalia, Malaysia etc. Saudi Arabia is our biggest enemy. 15 of 17 hijackers were Saudis. The only reasons Saudi evaded a war with us after 9/11 was because 1) they have the oil the world depends on and 2) if you attack the holy land you are instantly at war with a billion Muslims round the world. couldn't do it. That doesn't mean they are not our true enemy. Saudi Arabia is Mordor. |
| Posted by: anon1 2011-05-28 03:39 |