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2007-06-23 Arabia

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Posted by 2007-06-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Global Jihad

#1 That's progress. Small, but still a slap to the chops.

Posted by Woozle Elmeter2970 2007-06-23 00:49|| 2007-06-23 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 If this actually passes you can tie me to a hog and throw me in the mud.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-06-23 03:01|| 2007-06-23 03:01|| Front Page Top

#3 It is good to see, but 2.5 million is chickenfeed to the Saudis. The Saudis can buy govt, ex govt officials and congressmen any time.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2007-06-23 04:08|| 2007-06-23 04:08|| Front Page Top

#4 I do not understand why we're giving financial aid to the richest of the OPEC nations. Surely they must be mortified to receive charity... unless they think of it as jizya, the dhimmi poll tax, in which case they should be embarrassed that's all they could get out of us.

Posted by trailing wife 2007-06-23 06:11|| 2007-06-23 06:11|| Front Page Top

#5 What TW said.

Posted by gromgoru 2007-06-23 07:30|| 2007-06-23 07:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I suspect this is "military aid" which is actually a bookkeeping mechanism to payback the American companies or government bureaucracies for authorized material or access. I'm sure the Sauds can buy anything they want in an open market, but some things are not open and require such mechanisms to operate.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-06-23 09:04|| 2007-06-23 09:04|| Front Page Top

#7 IIRC since we aren't in a formal alliance like NATO with the Saudis, the only way to do things like counterterrorism with them is through an 'aid' package.

I imagine we want to train them in counterterrorism because it's a way to exchange useful info.

But I could well be wrong on either or both points.

Posted by lotp 2007-06-23 09:06|| 2007-06-23 09:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Oops, overlapped with Procopius2K

Posted by lotp 2007-06-23 09:07|| 2007-06-23 09:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Symbolism. Now turning down Saudi money, on the other hand...

Posted by Pappy 2007-06-23 20:52|| 2007-06-23 20:52|| Front Page Top

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