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2025-05-13 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Reports: Aoun may attend KSA talks with Trump, Bin Salman, Abbas and Sharaa
[NAHARNET] President Joseph Aoun may attend a meeting in Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
with U.S. President Donald Trump
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa and Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....>
, media reports said. ''President Aoun will attend the summit based on Saudi Arabia's request and the insistence of Prince Mohammad bin Salman,'' the reports said.
Posted by Fred 2025-05-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [77 views ]  Top

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