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| Condi leans on Saudis |
| 2002-12-04 |
| Maybe those careless checks signed by Princess Haifa al-Faisal, wife of the Saudi ambassador Prince Bandar, could turn out to have been useful. The well-informed Kuwaiti daily al-Watan reports that it led to an initially tense but finally cordial meeting between Prince Bandar and Condoleezza Rice, at which the White House national security adviser defined the terms on which the Americans would draw a veil over the affair. Rice asked for "a clear Saudi statement of support" against Iraq, and the use of the Prince Sultan Air Base in the event of military operations. Al-Watan concluded that the Saudis "agreed to be amenable with some reasonable adaptations of the plan." Blackmail is such a ugly word, heh, heh, heh. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 The truly huge thing here is that the message was delivered by a woman, a black woman. You know, fit only for... wait, that's back home in Soddi. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2002-12-05 08:08:53 |
| #2 Anyone who has ever worked and lived in Soddy knows the drill - you have to give them the advantage of making it look like they are the ones to make the key decision and you were the ones who were wrong to begin with and now must follow their course of action which is what you developed all along for them. This is why when they announce that Prince Sultan is available it will sound as if we had never requested it and that the Saudis will publicly state that we are crazy for thinking about war with Iraq without using this valuable asset they own. |
| Posted by: Jack 2002-12-05 07:50:57 |
| #1 "Nice litte country you have here, Bandar. Be a real shame if anthing was to happen to it. Accidents happen, y'know. Things burn..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2002-12-04 17:33:10 |