Saudis ask Bush to intervene in Mideast

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia asked President Bush on Sunday to intervene in Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon to stop the mounting deaths.

"We are requesting a cease-fire to allow for a cessation of hostilities," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said after an Oval Office meeting with Bush.

Saud said he gave the president a letter from Saudi King Abdullah asking that Bush help seek an immediate cease-fire in the Middle East conflict.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_mideast

[MissWaverly]

1. well, maybe there is hope

[saigon68]

14. Hope that he won't get an STD

with all that time on his hands in vegas

[MissWaverly]

15. Look, we have to think what's best for our country here

If we can persuade the Saudis to put pressure on Bush, then more power to them, as for the
Saudis having several wives, I think we can't frame morality for other cultures. I love
baked ham but to the Islamic people it's an unclean meat, something that is barbaric.

[yellerpup]

2. We should remember to ask King Abdullah

to represent us when we need something from B*. He won't do what I want him to do, but I think the Saudi King may have an inside track.
:sarcasm:

[jobycom]

9. True dat.

[happydreams]

3. Like they asked Bush to investigate accusations of Saudi money

links to 9/11.

:eyes:

[Lerkfish]

4. oh, bre'r fox! please don't throw me in dat briar patch!

The Saudis own the Carlysle group, one of, if not THE largest weapons manufacturer.
Somehow I don't think they're really going to be working against their own bottom line, here.

[mom cat]

5. How can Bush intervene in a war for which he is a chief

cheerleader?

[Spazito]

6. Gosh, the publication that there was a letter but no publication of

the letter itself tells me this is merely posturing by Saudi Arabia for their citizens' consumption in hopes that the immense anger against Israel and the US doesn't boil over and more severely threaten the kingdom than it already is.

It will all depend on if the bush (PNAC) plan is ready to let the kingdom fall yet or not, I suspect the timing is not right just yet.

[Eugene]

7. The Saudis are after a bigger prize.

Moderate Arabs Look to Curb Militants - AP

The diplomacy is for real but the "moderate" Arab states want BushCo
to get off their backs about democratic reforms and embrace the status quo.
Everybody wants something.

[Spazito]

10. The "moderate" Arabs want to "curb" militants because

their own control of their countries are in danger due to their support of the US against what, ever increasing numbers of their own citizens see as their own wellbeing and that of their fellow Arabs.

The diplomacy may be real but only in the above context, fear of losing their own fiefdoms, imo.

[Tempest]

8. When Bandar Bush speaks

Georgie listens.

[daleo]

11. At last, someone with influence over Bush

Instead of a bunch of irrelevant American voters.

[Copperred]

12. It's really so screwed up.....

[Skink]

13. Bush can't be jawboned.

[NVMojo]

16. Sure, why the feck not? They paid to take out our Twin Towers!

Let's fecking jump! Yippee, fucking skippee!!

[madrchsod]

17. i knew that was coming..bush is the saudi`s

little monkey boy

[unkachuck]

18. nah....

....bush was talking to Abdullah for one reason; is there enough oil in that Saudi spigot to make up the difference when we start bombing Iran?

[orleans]

19. i think resident fu*khead is in a hot spot

he's almost for sure going to "cave" in to the saudis (his motto: whatever saudi wants saudi gets)

and when he does he's going to look like the saudi suck-up that he really is

if he continues to sit back on his ass and not to anything his royal friends will be pissed.

whichever way this thing goes he's fucked. maybe he should have stood up and taken action (diplomacy) while he had the opportunity to do it independently

if he does tell israel to back off with this bombing he'll piss off his warwhoring base, if he doesn't then he'll piss off his oil pals.

aint life a bitch george???

[w4rma]

20. He won't listen to Americans, but Saudis on the other hand have his ear.nt