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| Saudi king tells Obama to 'impose solution' on Mideast |
| 2009-06-08 |
| Arabs are losing patience with the Middle East peace stalemate and US President Barack Obama should impose a solution to the issue, a leading Arab newspaper cited Saudi King Abdullah as saying on Sunday. "We want you to seriously engage to solve the Palestinian question and impose a solution if necessary," Abdullah reportedly told Obama during their talks on Wednesday, according to "informed sources" quoted in Al-Hayat, an Arab newspaper. "Arab patience is running out," the king warned adding that Arabs would rather devote their time to "forming a new generation that can face the future with the knowledge and the ability to work." |
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| #5 (Obama) Okay, I pronounce you no longer a king, you're a slave now. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-06-08 21:34 |
| #4 excellent analysis moose. I concur with one addition: to admit defeat is not only to admit to the unthinkable, but also to admit the invalidation of Islam. Mohammed had assured his followers after each victory that they had won it because Allah had approved of their belief in Him and in His prophet. To admit defeat is to falsify Islam. The attractiveness of Islamism and Talibanism is that it promises renewed blessing from Allah, and victory in War, by returning to the "purity" of Islam. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2009-06-08 20:28 |
| #3 This is the horrific delusion of the Arab world. They believe that the ONLY reason Israel exists is because it is heavily supported by the US. They cannot tolerate the idea that Israel on its own defeated several Arab armies at the same time. This self deception is why the Arab world blames the US for its conflict with Israel. If the US would just stop supporting Israel, it would wither away in a few years. They have so boxed themselves into this belief that it has become central to their zeitgeist. Even the king of Saudi Arabia believes that Israel is just a US puppet. That Obama can just order it about at will. Because to think otherwise is to admit that Arabs are terribly inferior to Jews. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-06-08 09:52 |
| #2 Whoa, I thought the US wasn't supposed to "impose" things! How about this solution: Gaza back to Egypt, West Bank back to Jordan, everyone else keeps their "refugees". Voila! |
| Posted by: Spot 2009-06-08 08:10 |
| #1 Move all the paleos to Yemen? |
| Posted by: 3dc 2009-06-08 00:40 |