Saudis eating Rice for breakfast

[madeline_con]

Rice criticises Egypt, Saudi Arabia
Tuesday 21 June 2005, 1:11 Makka Time, 22:11 GMT

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has criticised Saudi Arabia and Egypt for cracking down on dissent, and called on the two countries to embrace democratic change.


Saudi response

"The row is really meaningless," Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal told a post-midnight news conference after Rice conferred with him and the country's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz.

"The assessment that is important for any country in the development of its political reform is the judgment of its own people," Saud said. "And that is, in the final analysis, the criteria that we follow."

Some suspect US motives, and others feel Washington will not really press its top allies to loosen their hold on power. But a few say the fact that Rice criticised autocratic practices on their soil was a sign that things are different.

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FB9A0ED7-3F4B-45A1-BFBD-81EDE9D75383.htm

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My take on this: The neocos aren't doing anything but paying lip service to their hypocritical "freedom and Democracy" rant.

They want everyone to think they give rat's ass if people in the Middle East (Israelis excluded) have rights. Condi, come home. You're embarrassing me!

BTW, Please don't get your back up and accuse me of anti-semitism. I'd hate the Israeli government, whatever religion they used as an excuse for their genocidal regime.

[Roland99]

1. They're doing more than paying lip service. They're paving the way for...

the next invasions.

Either move toward democracy and de-nationalization or the U.S. will mow your asses down.

[madeline_con]

6. Rest assured...

the U.S. will not be mowing any Al Sauds down anytime soon. They're our buds. As well loved in their kingdom as Saddam was in his.

We need each other, to keep all that Saudi oil from falling into the wrong hands.

[Dr.Phool]

2. Awww shit. I was hoping you meant litterally.

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. Now, now...

Aren't pancakes better than rice anyway?

[madeline_con]

7. They could...

but bread and tea is less work that early.

[fujiyama]

4. This is nothing

but the administration playing good cop/bad cop.

Why would the administration actually do something about Saudi human rights abuses?

They're his family's best buddies.

[madeline_con]

8. Exactamundo...

It gives some ignorami the warm fuzzies, imagining Condi in there kicking ass and taking names. Probably makes her feel all powerful and stuff, too. But it's just so much hot air.

They couldn't care less if women drive in Saudi or vote, any more than they care about Iraqis voting.

I hate them to the heights and depths that their bullshit can reach.

:puke:

[woodsprite]

5. It's 5:00, my mind's in the gutter and all I have to say is "Ewwwwww" n/t