So, are the Saudis Still Our Friends?

[matcom]

i suppose we can overlook the 15 of 19 on the planes.

water under the bridge.

i suppose we can overlook todays murder.

ah, don't sweat it.

thank GOD Saddam isn't still in his spidey hole!

*WHEW*

so, when is the Prince due back in Crawford?

i sure hope soon. there are Turkey's to be seen!

[truthspeaker]

1. what do you mean "still"?

[matcom]

4. well, Bush is pretty chummy with them

or at least has been to date

[datasuspect]

2. they still are . . .

"A" list invitees to crawford i bet! at least the royal family and the bin ladens anyway

[Jabbery]

3. Don't disparage our allies in the war on tour

They have all that oil, you know. Hell, they ain't doing anything we didn't do in Abu Grabass. That Saudi Oil Family needs all the help we can give them so that they can repress their people until they rise up and commit terrorism against us....

uh, er, uh wait a minute.....

[blueknight]

10. f@ck no they ain't are friends!

the sooner these dumbasses in the white house realize that the saudis are our worst enemies the better off we will be..er, wait a minute,they have oil dont they? nevermind, they have oil.

[stevedeshazer]

5. Why, yes, of course!

The Saudis are our friends! They went "house-to-house" in Riyadh looking for the terrorists who captured Paul Johnson.

Right?

[Tina H]

6. I am still waiting to see those redacted pages

then I will decide the extent to which Saudi Arabia is a friend.

[K-W]

7. Which country is more powerful right now, SA or US.

Considering how much SA controls the US right now, I think its a good question.

[Cleita]

8. They are BushCo's friends. I doubt if they were ever America's

friends.

[killbotfactory]

9. Bandar Bush is doing a superb job fighting the war on terror

fabulous even.

The evil terrarists are just showing their desperation by attacking us. Everytime they kill an american, we come one step closer to victory.

Bring 'em on.

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

11. Of course, Matcom, of course.

I can't wait to see how the bunnypants, et al, spin this one.

[Aidoneus]

12. The royals are still US slaves

The people in the penisula, however, have had enough of the crusader rule over their lands. The distinction should be made..

[RummyTheDummy]

13. Invade Saudi Arabia?

Of course we could never do that. It wouldn't be polite and after all, they are the world's largest supplier of that black narcotic they've got us hooked on.
I argue had we invaded Saudi Arabia, it would have gone a lot further in advancing this admin's precious "War on terra" than invading Iraq did. Now we have two more breeding grounds for these people instead of one.

[fairfaxvadem]

14. I thought they had total control of their country??

Pretty disgraceful when your little dictatorship can't control the masses and the "disruptors".

I'm so cynical now about the Saudis, I have to wonder how many bones they throw to keep the opposition off their backs. And was Paul Johnson the latest bone?

Wonderful friends we have in Saudi Arabia...

I'd pay a hell of a lot more in gas if it came with the cessation of our relationship with the Saudis.

[Senior citizen]

15. They've never been my friends

but I'm a pedestrian.

[eurolefty]

16. Many of them are

Of course, it depends who is "us" and who is "them". The House of Saud definitely is friends with the Bush family and American oil industry.

Many ordinary middle class Saudis just want to live their lives. They don't much hate anyone. Lots of us blue-eyed Scandinavians work with them, no hard feelings. One of my nerdy friends just finished installing a new server for the Saudis. :hi:

Some Saudi extremists want to kill you, maybe kill me too. (Hope not, since I live in multicultural neighbourhood.)

Should we, the pigmentally challenged people, advocate racial hatred? I don't think so.