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Reader comment on item: What Riyadh Buys [in Washington]
Submitted by Arlene Swartzman (United States), Dec 13, 2002 at 11:51
The relationship between the Executive branch of our government and the Saudi government is a very important issue and I now more clearly understand how complicated it is -- and why. V.S. Naipaul's recent comments on this relationship with the Saudis were that this is a "crazy war where your enemies are your friends"; this article makes clear why the craziness exists. Thank you for this very important information. It brings to mind the saying that "with friends like these we don't need enemies."Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".
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| Terrorism Kuwaiti style. [1611 words] | Ed Melik, Kuwait | Jan 21, 2005 04:41 | 19797 | |
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| 1 | Corruption in the US Embassy, Kuwait [834 words] | Ed Melik, Kuwait | Jan 10, 2005 12:07 | 19564 | |
| A COMMUNIST CURSES THE DARKNESS [208 words] | ABUTOM | Jul 30, 2006 10:47 | 19564 | ||
| Wow, you've made some serious accusations [103 words] | Jeff | Mar 9, 2007 06:18 | 19564 | ||
| 1 | We expected America to save and preserve this fine world [97 words] | Laxman | Oct 8, 2004 14:52 | 17562 | |
| United Saudi States of America [221 words] | I | Jan 29, 2003 01:42 | 6082 | ||
| saudi buying us slaves [38 words] | nathan serlin | Dec 20, 2002 11:23 | 4989 | ||
| 1 | The problem starts at the Top. [110 words] | Jon W | Dec 18, 2002 20:00 | 4854 | |
| Let's contact our congressmen and women! [35 words] | Diana | Dec 17, 2002 13:50 | 4697 | ||
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| Did Riyadh buy the INS too? [37 words] | Rachel Neuwirth | Dec 16, 2002 21:01 | 4647 | ||
| 1 | Could it be that this is just the tip of the ICEBERG?? [259 words] | RM Paine | Dec 16, 2002 04:27 | 4642 | |
| Surprised! [98 words] | Allan Turk | Dec 15, 2002 19:32 | 4640 | ||
| An illusion of a war on terror [93 words] | J.Shearer | Dec 15, 2002 17:10 | 4637 | ||
| Doubtful? [81 words] | Tino Zahedi | Dec 15, 2002 16:21 | 4636 | ||
| 1 | Idi Amin [50 words] | Michael E. Allison | Dec 15, 2002 15:56 | 4635 | |
| They're good! [28 words] | Joshua Scholar | Dec 15, 2002 12:25 | 4634 | ||
| What does Kissinger have to hide? [40 words] | Keith O'Dell | Dec 14, 2002 21:49 | 4629 | ||
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| Free minds value the truth [139 words] | Edward Cline | Dec 14, 2002 11:17 | 4613 | ||
| Profs don't often need money. [92 words] | A. J. | Dec 14, 2002 03:31 | 4609 | ||
| One possible method to curb Saudi intolerance [118 words] | Karsten Brasch | Dec 14, 2002 01:23 | 4606 | ||
| Finally Explained [57 words] | Roger Homefield | Dec 13, 2002 21:34 | 4603 | ||
| Don't forget the media [251 words] | Mark Kaye | Dec 13, 2002 20:13 | 4601 | ||
| Disgusted [150 words] | B. Furey | Dec 13, 2002 19:57 | 4600 | ||
| Good to note Hume Horan [182 words] | Brenda | Dec 13, 2002 16:47 | 4598 | ||
| It's not just the Saudis doing it [11 words] | Tom Pensyl | Dec 13, 2002 16:30 | 4597 | ||
| Privilege often corrupts [185 words] | Linda | Dec 13, 2002 15:08 | 4594 | ||
| Let's (bank)roll [90 words] | Mark | Dec 13, 2002 14:33 | 4590 | ||
| Typical but infuriating nonetheless [8 words] | Len Steckler | Dec 13, 2002 13:20 | 4588 | ||
| Thanks for your work [47 words] | Galen Woods | Dec 13, 2002 13:19 | 4587 | ||
 With friends like these... [84 words] | Arlene Swartzman | Dec 13, 2002 11:51 | 4585 | ||
| Department Of State [28 words] | Warren Harrop | Dec 13, 2002 10:34 | 4584 | ||
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| The Saudis aren't the only ones buying Washington [80 words] | David Monty | Dec 13, 2002 09:31 | 4581 | ||
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| 1 | University staffs [45 words] | Janin | Dec 12, 2002 18:30 | 4571 | |
| Oil supply: what about Russian oil? [37 words] | Ted Bell | Dec 12, 2002 17:51 | 4570 | ||
| To commenter Rick Ragland, what's your price for oil? [56 words] | Don Carlin | Dec 12, 2002 17:47 | 4569 | ||
| 2 | US Embassy treats Americans poorly [130 words] | Don Carlin | Dec 12, 2002 17:43 | 4568 | |
| Backscratching [76 words] | Becky McClain | Dec 12, 2002 15:59 | 4567 | ||
| 1 | Money is a power. [226 words] | Sheerahkahn | Dec 12, 2002 14:46 | 4566 | |
| Arab Money and Jimmy Carter [12 words] | David Neubart | Dec 12, 2002 13:12 | 4564 | ||
| 2 | Foundational Erosion [381 words] | Noel Leerskov | Dec 12, 2002 13:03 | 4563 | |
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| Saudi money to former officials [156 words] | Brian Kheel | Dec 12, 2002 11:01 | 4558 | ||
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| Corruption in KSA [147 words] | Edward Whited | Dec 12, 2002 09:51 | 4554 | ||
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| what can we do? [99 words] | Samy Mikhail | Dec 12, 2002 09:13 | 4552 | ||
| Saudi buying influence in the Executive branch [102 words] | Tom Waldeck | Dec 12, 2002 08:34 | 4550 | ||
| Selling America [28 words] | Lawrence L. Smith | Dec 12, 2002 06:24 | 4547 | ||
| Oiled Palms [152 words] | Dennis Spain | Dec 12, 2002 02:18 | 4543 | ||
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| Mark [2 words] | Thank You | Apr 18, 2007 11:53 | 4543 | ||
| Thank You [2 words] | Alex | May 24, 2007 20:16 | 4543 | ||
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| Let the light shine in [97 words] | B. Murgatroyd | Dec 11, 2002 20:15 | 4540 | ||
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| 1 | Revisiting The Arabists [90 words] | Linda Staitz Cooke | Dec 11, 2002 15:56 | 4536 | |
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| Interesting Analysis [229 words] | Stephen | Dec 11, 2002 13:34 | 4534 | ||
| Officials should display sponsors like race car drivers... [87 words] | John Schaefer | Dec 11, 2002 13:15 | 4533 | ||
| To commenter Alan Linden [63 words] | David Cohen | Dec 11, 2002 12:49 | 4530 | ||
| Interesting [36 words] | Alan Linden | Dec 11, 2002 12:04 | 4527 | ||
| Filthy Lucre [150 words] | Jack Ajzenberg | Dec 11, 2002 10:44 | 4522 | ||
| What the U.S. gets in return [93 words] | Rick Ragland | Dec 11, 2002 10:39 | 4521 | ||
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