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2007-04-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Mends Fences with Arabs Starting with Saudis

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Posted by Omaitch Theagum1555 2007-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Those are your allies in WoT (me, I'd wipe Saudia out and then see if Iran is willing to be reasonable)

Posted by gromgoru 2007-04-02 02:18|| 2007-04-02 02:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Step one of Iran getting it's vassals in line perhaps.
Won't do 'em any good.

Posted by JerseyMike 2007-04-02 07:11|| 2007-04-02 07:11|| Front Page Top

#3 KSA probably figures it had better mend fences with Iran since it looks like Iran will be the nuclear big kid on the block pretty soon, and it is clear the (Democratic Peoples Republic of the) USA won't be a reliable defense partner in the future.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2007-04-02 08:24|| 2007-04-02 08:24|| Front Page Top

#4 /Sarcasm on
I wonder if they will also reconcile their differences over Shia and Sunni sects too.
/Sarcasm off

Probably not...

A reconciliation between Riyad and Tehran would be bad for everyone else not Muslim I imagine, especially from a defense perspective or access to the oil fields for western companies.

Posted by Delphi2005 2007-04-02 12:33|| 2007-04-02 12:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Its been reported that lately the Saudis have been on the largest military spending binge in the history of the kingdom. They might just be hedging their bets but the safe assumption is that this is in response to an increasingly bellicose Iran. The cozy relationship scenario seems like another Debka [Speculation] Exclusive.

Posted by DepotGuy 2007-04-02 13:00|| 2007-04-02 13:00|| Front Page Top

#6 Sunni don't like Shia. Shia sit atop Iraqi oil, and Saudi oil. Sunni Arabs also sit atop Iranian oil.

If this is true the US should be moving to create a Shia Arab state. Let the Kurds have their independence and the Sunni Iraqi/Sunni Saudi have their sand.

Posted by rjschwarz 2007-04-02 13:19|| 2007-04-02 13:19|| Front Page Top

#7 Soddy Arabida can buy all the military hardware they can afford (which is a lot), but who's going to operate it? Soddies won't get their hands dirty actually working, and military service is hard work, if it's done right. Nuking Riyadh and Qom would put an end to a lot of the sh$$ going on in the middle east, and cause a lot of folks to rethink their behavior. Even conventional bombing of these two cities, if it destroys the House of Saud and the mullahs, would be sufficient. I consider using nukes because the probability of totally destroying the House of Sh$$ and the idiotsticks in Qom would be considerably higher. It also sends a message that the United States will use whatever is in its arsenal to defeat anyone who make overt or covert war against the United States and its people. Let the velvet gloves come off the iron fist of US military power, and teach these idiots to be afraid, very afraid.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2007-04-02 14:56|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2007-04-02 14:56|| Front Page Top

#8 Shades of Molotov and Ribbentrop.

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