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Are the Saudis BUYING arms from Russia because Bush wants to GIVE THEM $20 billion in arms?

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Submitted by DrRJP (United States), Dec 5, 2007 at 10:42

I'm not a geostrategist, but it seems to me that Popinjay Putin is put off that the US is planning on giving away $20 billion in advanced weaponry to the Saudis. So, to keep Putin from poutin', Crown Prince Aziz "The Disease" threw some chump change at him.

Aziz, as you may recall, stated at a gathering of Saudi dignitaries, including top Muslim clerics and preachers, that "the Zionists" were to blame for the May 1, 2004 terrorist shooting in the offices of an oil contractor in Yunbu', Saudi Arabia, in which seven, among them two Americans, were killed. Despite all of the freebies the US is giving him, Aziz has become less of a friend to us and Israel.

In a way, Aziz is also sending a message to Bush that, if you don't give us the weapons we want, we'll just get them from our old buddy, Putin. This works out well for Putin since he can unload his stockpile of aging weapons and create an excuse to build new ones.

Aziz may be on pace to set a Guinness Book of World Record for the most sides of the human mouth out of which anyone can simultaneous speak.

Next time you're looking for a place to fill up your tank, you might think twice about stopping at a Shell, Chevron, Exxon/Mobil, Texaco, or Amoco/BP Station, and look for a Citgo, Sonoco, or Hess one instead.

Why? Because the former are the major buyers of Saudi Oil while the latter don't buy a drop of it.

Let's all send a signal to the Kingdom that we can do without their stinking oil and their "shuttle diplomacy."

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Good riddance [114 words]VijayDec 9, 2007 11:25115960
Actually it clears things up [90 words]David W. LincolnDec 7, 2007 11:33115883
Wishful Thinking [87 words]sbalogDec 7, 2007 10:26115877
Re: Whistling Past Graveyards [84 words]NealDec 7, 2007 09:19115872
With Brazil Too. [135 words]YnnatchkahDec 5, 2007 14:17115771
Are the Saudis BUYING arms from Russia because Bush wants to GIVE THEM $20 billion in arms? [278 words]DrRJPDec 5, 2007 10:42115762
Ends covering the middle [38 words]Brian HDec 4, 2007 11:59115704
Biggest Geo-Strategic Blunder Ever, but I Guess Dr. Pipes is Right to be Optimistic [163 words]AlexDec 3, 2007 15:14115648
Saudis just playing us off against Russia, Iran irrelevant [156 words]Charles MartelDec 3, 2007 13:46115639
Flynt Analysis on the issue and disconnection in reality. [351 words]YnnatchkahDec 2, 2007 02:45115565

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