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2004-05-13 Arabia

Shaking The Timbers Of The House Of Saud

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Posted by Zenster 2004-05-13 4:03:47 PM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The Saudis are going down, the rest of the world better make their contingency plans for other sources to cover the Saudi loss.

I would like to see our administration quietly making contingency plans for this rather than having the inevidable happen and we are standing around with our pants down. This is so fundamental that it is sickening.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2004-05-13 4:37:59 PM|| 2004-05-13 4:37:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, the Eastern Province, where the oil is, is rather isolated from the main population centers of Saudi. The rest can go hang.

Posted by buwaya 2004-05-13 5:23:26 PM|| 2004-05-13 5:23:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's see - we discover uses for oil, explore and discover oil in Arabia, build the wells and pipelines and other oil infrastructure while the Arabs herd goats.

The Arabs then ~~steal~~ nationalize - decades ago - all the work we did, but they don't/can't learn how to run the fields, so we still have to do that for them.

Everything they've got that's worth anything - other than goats and camels - was invented and built by someone else, in all likelihood us.

And we're supposed to respect these lazy, whiny-assed losers why, exactly?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-05-13 5:45:39 PM|| 2004-05-13 5:45:39 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 OK - I have a bottom line question. If the Mullai overtake Saudi, then do we occupy the Eastern Province?

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-13 7:01:47 PM|| 2004-05-13 7:01:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes, we will have no choice. Its that or $200 oil, and too many peoples lives are at risk around the world to let that happen.

Posted by buwaya 2004-05-13 7:05:04 PM|| 2004-05-13 7:05:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Rumsfeld's the man for this plan....

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-13 7:08:38 PM|| 2004-05-13 7:08:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Wasn't the Strategic Reserve being replenished a couple of months ago? These disruptions had to be expected.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2004-05-13 10:27:33 PM|| 2004-05-13 10:27:33 PM|| Front Page Top

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