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2006-12-13 Home Front: WoT

The naive idealism of the ISG "realists"

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Posted by .com 2006-12-13 01:41|| || Front Page|| [8 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 One columnist tries to make sense of Middle East dynamics:

http://newsbyus.com/more.php?id=6337_0_1_0_M

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-12-13 02:26|| 2006-12-13 02:26|| Front Page Top

#2 No idealism at all. Baker and his law firm bit down on the Saudi tit years ago, and I believe others are likewise owned. They are singing their masters song, no more, no less. A less naive or idealistic bunch would be hard to imagine.

Posted by Grunter 2006-12-13 03:02|| 2006-12-13 03:02|| Front Page Top

#3 The Saud king snaps his finger and demands the US President come to Arabia so he can be given the facts of life. So as to be a bit obtuse, they sent Cheney. All arranged thru Pappy Bush, who's been on the Saudi payroll bigtime for years.

Posted by SpecOp35 2006-12-13 11:46|| 2006-12-13 11:46|| Front Page Top

#4 DEFENCE-UPDATE.com > POST-IRAN, ARE ARAB UNCLEAR EFFORTS UNDERWAY; + THEAUSTRALIAN.com > ALAN GOLD: MOUD HAS MORE THAN ISRAEL IN HIS SIGHTS, In sum, NUKES = GLOBAL SHIA ASCENDANCY.

See also ASIA TIMES for various Iran + China articles - e.g. ATTACKING IRAN commentaries/OP-Eds: How To lose an ARMY + LEG, i.e. Radical Islamists need to start attacking US Rear echelon SUPPLY/LOGISTICS chains. Let US POLITIX do the rest [Help your friendly local neighborhood Motherly Commie Airborne, INVADERS = UNO UNIFUS PEACEKEEPERS, by cutting off 140,000 +/- US troops in ME].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2006-12-13 23:04|| 2006-12-13 23:04|| Front Page Top

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