The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to eventually total $20 billion at a time when some United States officials contend that the Saudis are playing a counterproductive role in Iraq.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/28/washington/28weapons.html?_r=2&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1185632170-8yTx9A6J/YrDQyEj3xyiAQ&oref=slogin
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-08-saudis-sunnis_x.htm
2007-07-28 06:24:53 · 21 answers · asked by justgoodfolk 7 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The Saud royal family only rules internally through the support of the Wahabbi clerics that preach violence against the west. The Saud royals seek to play both sides, since their other source of power, oil money, comes from the west.
Osama bin Ladens first act toward his aim to create a world-wide Islamic caliphate was to attempt to overthrow the Saud royal family, for which he was arrested, imprisoned, and exiled. It is no accident that his attack on the US was aimed at our financial center - since he blames US Oil money for keeping the Sauds in power over the holy sites in Saudi Arabia.
The money Saudi Arabia makes on oil flows through the public and individual royals to the madrassas and clerics into the aggressive and militant Islamic groups.
While the Saud royal family is in control, though, this unstable powder keg will not blow - hence our support via military aid.
There are many that think that Bush removed the US base from Saudi Arabia to ease the pressure of wahabbi rebellion against the Sauds...and that his invasion of Iraq was an attempt to find a new location for a permanent MiddleEast base.
2007-07-28 06:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by oohhbother 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The last person we armed as a counter balance to Iran was Saddam Hussein. We backed the Taliban in their war with the USSR. Most of the hijackers on 911 were from Saudi Arabia. Osama bin Laden is from Saudi Arabia and his relatives still run the country. Blood is thicker than water. The Saudis may have oil and be good friends with the Bush family but the more we get involved in their tribal feuds the more it costs us in lives and money.
2007-07-28 15:52:38 · answer #2 · answered by wyldfyr 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
"some United States officials contend that the Saudis are playing a counterproductive role in Iraq."
some US officials have been counter-productive themselves ..out of arrogance and fear that GWB would
continue to look as great as he did right after 9-11..
this worked on the United Arab Emmerites and their port deal..where Liberals were all of a sudden conscious of the impact of selling anything off..
that was nothing compared to Clinton selling Missle Technology that has made many other countries at risk
and dependent
The Saudis are an alliance..all of the Sunni nations are allies
name me one that is not?
2007-07-28 13:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well lets see...
14 of the men who attacked us on9/11 were Saudi Arabian.
Bush escorted the Saudi royal family out of the country on 9/11 while every United States citizen was grounded.
The Saudi Prince made statements that he knew we were attacking Iraq before WE knew it!
So..... NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,and a BIG NO!!!!!!!!
We should not trust Bush or the Saudis.
They have been in Bed together since the beginning.
Did you happen to notice the price of oil lowered just before the election and whenever Bush is in big trouble?
If we let his happen we are a Nation of Idiots!
2007-07-28 13:38:54 · answer #4 · answered by B. D Mac 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not... The Saudis have been blackmailing us and the rest of the world with oil too long... Not only do they use the oil and it's pricing as a political tool, but they use the profits to fund radical Jihadist and Mosques and Imams that teach radical Islam.... I'm getting tired of those people over there wrecking my world... I think that maybe the best thing would be to go in and take it from them
2007-07-28 13:54:31 · answer #5 · answered by lordkelvin 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
How would it look if we continue to offer the same types of weapons to Israel and not offer some them to Muslim nations?
Hmmm... Would re-enforce America is pro-Israel and anti-Middle East. Governments, Mullahs and Clerics would have a field day with this if we did not make the offer. Making it impossible to have any kind of relevance in any Mid-East peace process. Wake up.
2007-07-28 13:34:36 · answer #6 · answered by A Person 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
give them everything we have to ,give ,even the hot lady,s,,they like that..why cause America likes cheap oil ,,and we do not produce enough in our own little world.best thing to do is just not think about SAUDI,,that way no one has to face the truth,,they are at the top of the evil empire.now think why...chow
2007-07-28 14:29:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is any country that hates the US to be trusted? It is probably a case of setting up the arms deal in return for something else regarding the price of oil. There is always more to the story. It is all about profit they don't care about anything else.
2007-07-28 13:35:15 · answer #8 · answered by Stephanie is awesome!! 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I don't trust Saudi Arabia and that is why we should sell them advanced weapons. We can program them so we can over ride the Saudis who think they control the weapons and then use the weapons we sold them to attack them if we decide we want them dead.
2007-07-28 13:30:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of course not...They're another theocracy controlled by religious nonsense who are so volatile they may very well buy our knives to cut our throats. This is where conservative religious practices take you. They ululate like a charismatic in heat.
How can a counter productive society offer anything of value to the world? May the fleas of a thousand camels infect their crotches.
2007-07-28 13:31:51 · answer #10 · answered by Don W 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋