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Bush Delays Action Against Saudi Arabia |
2005-10-01 |
![]() Rice raised the issue last week in a meeting in Washington with the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, and stressed the importance of continuing to work on it, said State Department spokesman Kurtis Cooper. Last week, the department notified Congress that Rice had banned commercial export of certain defense articles to Eritrea. The African country was cited a year ago along with Saudi Arabia and Vietnam as having records of serious concern on religious freedom. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 The number of international "linkages" involving Arabia is enormous. In a way, it is on a par with Iran for being a tough nut to crack, and Bush is not one to either ignore potential for peaceful change or disregard potential for disaster. It is frustrating from the sidelines only because we can't see the awesome amount of intelligence gathering, analysis and cold calculation going on behind the scenes. Such incredible patience can sometimes work miracles. |
Posted by: Anonymoose 2005-10-01 10:29 |
#2 Bush needs the 6 months to get the damaged refineries in our Gulf up and running and to get drilling in ANWR in place before we let the civil war break out behind the scenes in the magical kingdom. We'd also like to have the Iraqi election secured before all hell breaks out, behind the scenes, to the west. It's for us, not because of them .... |
Posted by: lotp 2005-10-01 10:15 |
#1 Called our bluff, did they? |
Posted by: James 2005-10-01 10:05 |