If Washington imposes its veto when the Paleostinians seek to become the 194th member state of the United Nations
...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly...
then "Soddy Arabia would no longer be able to cooperate with America in the same way it historically has," former Saudi ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki al-Faisal wrote.
He warned in a commentary in The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
that a U.S. veto would see American influence decline, "Israeli security undermined and Iran will be empowered, increasing the chances of another war in the region."
"The 'special relationship' between Soddy Arabia and the United States would increasingly be seen as toxic by the vast majority of Arabs and Mohammedans, who demand justice for the Paleostinian people."
Saudi leaders would be forced therefore to "adopt a more independent and assertive regional policy," he warned, pointing to such incidents as Riyadh's recent military intervention in Bahrain.
Frustrated by the lack of progress in the Middle East talks, the Paleostinians have insisted they will go ahead with a U.N. membership bid despite the U.S. veto threat.
President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial...
is expected to submit a formal request to the U.N. Secretary General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
to accept the state of Paleostine as a member on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on September 20.
Prince Turki, a former Saudi intelligence chief, argued Paleostinian statehood would allow the stalled grinding of the peace processor to move forward and replace it "with a new paradigm based on state-to-state negotiations."
"The only losers in this scenario would be Syria and Iran, pariah states that have worked tirelessly -- through their support of Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Hezbullies -- to undermine the grinding of the peace processor."
He argued that the embattled regime of Syrian
President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
, rocked by months of pro-democracy opposition protests, was about to fall providing "a rare strategic opportunity to weaken Iran" which would find it more difficult to "foment discord in the Arab world."
"But this opportunity will be squandered if the B.O. regime's actions at the United Nations force a deep split between our countries."
The New York Times in an searing editorial also sharply criticized the United States, Israel and Europe for showing "insufficient urgency or boldness in trying to find a compromise solution."
The United States "made a listless effort" last week to persuade the Paleostinians to drop their UN bid in favor of new peace talks, which have been stalled since September 2010, the Times said.
It added that it was "astonishing that this late in the game, America and Europe remain divided over some aspects of a proposal for peace talks."
It put the "greater onus" for the lack of progress on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "who has used any excuse to thwart peace efforts."
But the Times added U.S. President Barack
B.O.Obama "needs to show firmer leadership in pressing Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Abbas to resume talks."