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Date Posted: 21:07:50 07/13/15 Mon
Author: MichiganManic
Author Host/IP: 193.28.228.53
Subject: Re: A new perspective on the Saudis
In reply to: Michigan_Manic 's message, "A new perspective on the Saudis" on 17:05:12 03/30/03 Sun

>There was a fascinating article in the March 24, 2003
>issue of "The "New Yorker" by Elisa Walsh entitled
>"The Prince." It profiles the Saudi Ambassador to
>the USA, Prince Bandar. It contains some very vivid
>descriptions of his relationship as power broker for
>mideast politics over the last two decades. One very
>interesting note. In the mid 90s, all of the Arab
>states, no matter what their "official" position was,
>wanted Saddam removed from office. In 1994 King Faud
>proposed to Clinton that Saudi Arbia and the USA each
>contribute $1 billion to fund covert operations that
>would remove Saddam from power. Clinton refused. In
>retrospect, this was an enormous mistake.
>
>The more general point is that Saudi Arabia can be
>viewed as a an important ally or as an important
>adversary in the mideast. Our own foreign policy has
>failed to help the Faud regime move Saudi Arabia away
>from fundamentalist Islam. Now, the regime is weak,
>because of the lack of centralized leadership (Faud is
>ill). We and they are paying for our joint mistakes.
>
>Go blue.

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