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Take back what is ours
Reader comment on item: [Saudi Arabia:] Not Friend or Foe
Submitted by John Pusinsky (United States), Aug 6, 2002 at 20:11
America paid for their oil wells, our people labored, our engineers designed, our military saved their ass from Iraq.... Now we should take back what is ours.
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| Brother Hood [10 words] | Nouman | May 6, 2011 09:18 | 184955 | ||
| Agree [61 words] | Bharat | Feb 10, 2009 04:10 | 150146 | ||
| secular [22 words] | susi | Jan 21, 2009 08:25 | 148633 | ||
| Very unlogical and a biased analysis. [18 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Osman Khan | Nov 5, 2008 11:33 | 142123 | ||
| Arab Deception [67 words] | Michael Cooke | Dec 24, 2005 01:53 | 30479 | ||
| Time will bring change [329 words] | Donald Smith | Aug 7, 2005 11:23 | 24409 | ||
| What A Game [254 words] | Abu Mustafa | Jun 26, 2005 21:11 | 22881 | ||
| Open War is Upon Us and there is Nothing We can do to Stop It. [701 words] | Aaron Speer | Apr 15, 2005 11:53 | 21677 | ||
| It is urgent to separate oil dependence from voluntary submission to dictators [207 words] | Joseph Constantin | Feb 1, 2005 10:46 | 20033 | ||
| Head of the Snake [31 words] | Dave | Jan 29, 2005 12:46 | 19970 | ||
| Fools [94 words] | Mike | Nov 17, 2004 02:13 | 18414 | ||
| 1 | Oil Boycott? [48 words] | Clifford Ishii | Oct 6, 2004 20:36 | 17552 | |
| Oil Boycott? [22 words] | Clifford Ishii | Sep 13, 2004 01:46 | 16919 | ||
| Very true insight to Saudi Arabia [14 words] | Michael Sullivan | Jun 22, 2004 01:17 | 15751 | ||
| a saudi arabian ... [190 words] | may | Jun 3, 2003 21:24 | 9361 | ||
| Surprising! [98 words] | Kashif | May 7, 2003 06:31 | 8922 | ||
| Aran world has not delivered to itself or the outer world. [232 words] | Christopher Golitsyn | May 1, 2003 18:03 | 8821 | ||
| Neither friend nor foe [86 words] | Elanjical Abraham | Apr 15, 2003 06:48 | 8369 | ||
| Friends and USA [373 words] | Noor | Mar 31, 2003 15:46 | 7817 | ||
 for the peace of the world [26 words] | mbarek | Jun 14, 2006 05:17 | 7817 | ||
| People.... Think twice [119 words] | Meedo | Feb 1, 2003 01:08 | 6218 | ||
| Saudis could be friends as well. [142 words] | Fariba Heidari | Jan 25, 2003 03:14 | 5963 | ||
| 10 | USA is the biggest terrorist country [30 words] | Ahmed | Jan 16, 2003 02:50 | 5801 | |
| Read This [68 words] | Leslie Frisch | Dec 17, 2008 17:28 | 5801 | ||
| Saudis did it. period [188 words] | C.E. Humphreys | Dec 3, 2002 18:12 | 4391 | ||
| Anything but justice ? [404 words] | Khaled | Nov 26, 2002 10:58 | 4224 | ||
| Saudi Arabia is no friend [55 words] | Jillian Sharon | Nov 24, 2002 21:01 | 4194 | ||
| People don't understand our differences [85 words] | sultan | Nov 24, 2002 06:13 | 4185 | ||
| Deadly Cocktail [126 words] | David Steinberg | Nov 22, 2002 01:25 | 4141 | ||
| Persian Gulf oil import numbers [23 words] | Donovan | Nov 9, 2002 00:52 | 3736 | ||
| A Prescription for Chaos.. [119 words] | George A | Nov 4, 2002 17:03 | 3600 | ||
| Saudia Arabia - no friend of the US! [123 words] | Gary L Adler | Nov 4, 2002 15:12 | 3595 | ||
| Culture Clash [317 words] | Tom Dykes | Oct 7, 2002 19:06 | 2954 | ||
| Short term, immediate action [339 words] | Ken McPherson | Sep 28, 2002 02:42 | 2683 | ||
| Astute Accuracy [244 words] | Vernon Sim | Sep 25, 2002 02:09 | 2628 | ||
| The Demise of Arab Oil Imperialism [132 words] | Andrew Dubowyj | Sep 18, 2002 05:37 | 2529 | ||
| Saudis: "A new disease to World" [74 words] | Joly Mathew | Aug 29, 2002 21:39 | 2205 | ||
| The U.S. has no option other than total war [387 words] | Vincent Racaniello | Aug 25, 2002 23:20 | 2094 | ||
| Saudi Arabia vs. Iraq [183 words] | Patrick Griffiths | Aug 20, 2002 23:49 | 2028 | ||
| House of Cards [604 words] | Paul Green | Aug 12, 2002 21:03 | 1783 | ||
| Indict, extradite, and use civil courts [146 words] | Austin Moseley | Aug 9, 2002 14:16 | 1744 | ||
|  Take back what is ours [27 words] | John Pusinsky | Aug 6, 2002 20:11 | 1657 | |
| Boycott Middle East Oil [173 words] | John M | Jul 31, 2002 20:53 | 1578 | ||
| Friend or Foe [118 words] | Sig Zeitlin | Jun 26, 2002 20:58 | 1050 | ||
| US Policy has Allowed This Situation to Develop [605 words] | William J. Sturm | May 19, 2002 19:01 | 406 | ||
| Consider energy policy with security [138 words] | R.L.Clair | May 19, 2002 17:01 | 405 | ||
| Not Rivals: The Saudis attacked the US [253 words] | Richard Stone | May 17, 2002 20:41 | 401 | ||
| I agree with you but... [100 words] | Sindibad Aladin | May 17, 2002 15:15 | 400 | ||
| ibn Saud Mafia [126 words] | Frank Blazey | May 17, 2002 14:35 | 399 | ||
| A Constant Threat of Terror [213 words] | Jamie Musikant | May 17, 2002 02:16 | 398 | ||
| Saudis Betrayed by Inane US policy of 'Engagement' [256 words] | Bill Bryan | May 16, 2002 18:44 | 396 | ||
| 1 | The Foremost American Haters [300 words] | Arvind Sundaramurthy | May 16, 2002 05:20 | 387 | |
| *Sigh* People just never think outside the box. [184 words] | Capt. America | Feb 11, 2011 01:57 | 387 | ||
| The Arab world's economics dictate their actions [288 words] | Jaime Eisen | May 16, 2002 01:36 | 386 | ||
| Why Only Saudis? [79 words] | Arthur Hutchinson | May 15, 2002 23:34 | 385 | ||
| Saudis - friend or foe? [216 words] | Susan Blake | May 15, 2002 22:37 | 384 | ||
| Let's Rid Ourselves of Saudi Oil [148 words] | Steven Litvintchouk | May 15, 2002 22:34 | 383 | ||
| Friend to Whom? [124 words] | Ben Franklin | May 15, 2002 21:24 | 382 | ||
| End World Dependence on Arab Oil [140 words] | Ariel Liebman | May 15, 2002 20:01 | 380 | ||
| The Coming War Against Saudi Arabia [944 words] | Michael Lopez-Calderon | May 15, 2002 17:39 | 378 | ||
| Proud Atheist Supports War against S.A. [155 words] | Dr. John Michael Nahay | Jul 15, 2007 06:50 | 378 | ||
| sorry for the comment. But you understand NOTHING AT ALL [75 words] | Freedom | Mar 10, 2011 04:08 | 378 | ||
| The Original Muslims [57 words] | Alexios Ash | May 15, 2002 17:35 | 377 | ||
| It's not the saudi's,it's the oil... [92 words] | Jonathan brukes | Dec 25, 2008 22:58 | 377 | ||
| World War III Has Begun But Nobody Wants To Admit It [141 words] | Scott Fleming | May 15, 2002 17:08 | 376 | ||
| Daniel, you're right again! [106 words] | Steven Hoop | May 15, 2002 13:05 | 375 | ||
| SAUDI ARABIA, THE ENEMY [224 words] | Ilene H. Richman | May 15, 2002 12:56 | 374 | ||
| Clearly a foe [50 words] | Brent Waters | May 15, 2002 12:23 | 373 | ||
| Economic impact [55 words] | Bob Irving | May 15, 2002 11:30 | 371 | ||
| Saudis are Mortal Enemies [114 words] | Spyros Alvonellos | May 15, 2002 07:24 | 370 | ||
| Lucas J. Meyer - Extraordinary Inflation? [51 words] | Bob | May 15, 2002 06:57 | 369 | ||
| Wrong country? [309 words] | anonymous | May 14, 2002 23:43 | 367 | ||
| More foe than rival [482 words] | Barry Shmookler | May 14, 2002 23:42 | 366 | ||
| Nuwabians [157 words] | E. N. Amrani | May 14, 2002 22:20 | 365 | ||
| nuwabian [39 words] | x | Mar 13, 2006 00:58 | 365 | ||
| the root (Africa),Egypt and History [48 words] | Anthony Devine | Jan 26, 2007 14:41 | 365 | ||
| Saudis: Not Rivals -- Enemies! [71 words] | Steve Herman | May 14, 2002 21:11 | 363 | ||
| Wake up, Americans to the Saudi danger! [178 words] | Motty Perel | May 14, 2002 19:44 | 360 | ||
| 1 | US-Saudi relationship based on technology transfer [44 words] | Mark Durie | May 14, 2002 18:48 | 359 | |
| The Fear of Saudi Competition [575 words] | B Shniper | May 14, 2002 17:37 | 358 | ||
| Clearly a Foe [63 words] | Adam Browser | May 14, 2002 15:55 | 357 | ||
| Make the Saudis Need the US [216 words] | Samy Mikhail | May 14, 2002 15:29 | 356 | ||
| Saudi Treachery [90 words] | Burton Sehler | May 14, 2002 15:19 | 355 | ||
| The Saudi Threat [222 words] | R. Crockett | May 14, 2002 14:42 | 354 | ||
| The Saudis as Rivals [30 words] | Ken Besig | May 14, 2002 14:08 | 353 | ||
| A Little Economics [183 words] | Lucas J. Meyer | May 14, 2002 13:56 | 352 | ||
| Saudi Arabia is an enemy [209 words] | Ken Shofner | May 14, 2002 13:51 | 351 | ||
| Late reply to General Shofner [11 words] | Lengthy P | Mar 18, 2008 22:35 | 351 | ||
| More proof of Western folly [100 words] | Bill Brent | May 14, 2002 13:48 | 350 | ||
| Wahabi arrests in Georgia [108 words] | TPutnam | May 14, 2002 13:23 | 349 | ||
| Excellent Analysis [10 words] | Allan Grafman | May 14, 2002 13:12 | 347 | ||
| Why Not Foe Only? [55 words] | Dick Militelo | May 14, 2002 12:57 | 346 | ||
| Certainly no friend [145 words] | Francis W. Thornton | May 14, 2002 12:32 | 345 | ||
| Daniel you have excelled again. [26 words] | Denis Bieber | May 14, 2002 12:22 | 344 |
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