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2004-03-21 Arabia

Saudi FM slams Western initiatives, says Arabs capable of self-reform

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Posted by Fred 2004-03-21 5:19:27 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "Arabs are open and they know their interest, duties, and rights."

They certainly know their interests - they never vary from that line in the slightest: undermine Western economies and diplomatic policies in a low-grade war to punish supporters of Israel. It hasn't changed since 1973.

Duties? That notion is a joke as they abrogate their obligations whenever it suits them.

Rights? The Arab world is ruled by monarchies and dictatorships. The rights of individuals don't exist except as bribes and pivot points of coercion. Where their citizens reside in Western nations, of course, the art of turning "rights" into weapons to undermine Western society from within are, indeed, an Arab specialty. Writ large, at the level of nations, they apply the same techniques, bribery and coercion, within the framework of Western-created collectives (UN, World Bank, IMF, WTO, etc.) to subvert and undermine the purpose and spirit of those collectives.

The initial claim of being "open" is true only in that their actions are transparent to those who have discarded the gullible romantic notions that dealing with the Arab states is anything other than dealing with an enemy during "open" hostilities.

The OPEC policies of the last year are clearly intended to escalate the punishment of the West for our actions in Iraq. A "bonus" is the added revenue from the outrageous oil prices - which will be quickly redirected to the private Swiss & Carribean accounts of the greedy Rulers whose positions have been made potentially precarious by the introduction of a fledgling democracy in Iraq.

We are at war in every sense of the word. Since open opposition and enmity is surely fatal, they have adapted the Chinese torture technique of one thousand cuts - no single cut fatal, maximizing pain, and prolonging the process... to punish and bleed us slowly while they bend our technologies and institutions against us to their own ends.

When will we turn South?

Posted by .com 2004-3-21 6:56:17 PM|| 2004-3-21 6:56:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 "...the Arab world has suffered from colonization, which created economic, political, and social obstacles."

Ah, the old "colonialism" excuse.

Don't let that get in your way, Faisal baby; as Christopher Lowell would say on the Discovery Channel, "You can do it!"

Posted by Dave D. 2004-3-21 6:59:00 PM|| 2004-3-21 6:59:00 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 noting that the Arab world has suffered from colonization, which created economic, political, and social obstacles
I'm shocked! When are you going to demand compensation from the Turks? Oh & don't forget the Persians, the Buyid occupation of Iraq's still creating major 'obstacles' even today! The Mongols should cough up too...

Posted by Dave 2004-3-21 7:11:03 PM|| 2004-3-21 7:11:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Why is it that the US, Canada, and Australia never get to bitch about being colonies?

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-3-21 7:28:08 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-3-21 7:28:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Palestine? Where is this entity called Palestine?

Posted by Shipman 2004-3-21 8:30:01 PM|| 2004-3-21 8:30:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Piss. Moan. Whine. Seeth.
Repeat.

Posted by tu3031 2004-3-21 11:05:33 PM|| 2004-3-21 11:05:33 PM|| Front Page Top

#7
the Arab world has suffered from colonization

Saudi Arabia was never colonized.
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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-3-21 11:21:01 PM|| 2004-3-21 11:21:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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