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Neither friend nor foe
Reader comment on item: [Saudi Arabia:] Not Friend or Foe
Submitted by Elanjical Abraham (Hong Kong), Apr 15, 2003 at 06:48
I would take a step back in time and quote an old statesman ( Winston Churchill ) who said that nations have no permanent friends, only permanent interests.This is as true today as it was yesterday .The Saudis' national interests lie with us (the US) and their gov't will toe this line as long as it suits them. Judging by what is presented on TV, it is likely that the man on the street is a bit ambivalent towards our current policy in the Middle East.
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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 | ||
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 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 | ||
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| 10 | USA is the biggest terrorist country [30 words] | Ahmed | Jan 16, 2003 02:50 | 5801 | |
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| Boycott Middle East Oil [173 words] | John M | Jul 31, 2002 20:53 | 1578 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| *Sigh* People just never think outside the box. [184 words] | Capt. America | Feb 11, 2011 01:57 | 387 | ||
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| Why Only Saudis? [79 words] | Arthur Hutchinson | May 15, 2002 23:34 | 385 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| Daniel, you're right again! [106 words] | Steven Hoop | May 15, 2002 13:05 | 375 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| Nuwabians [157 words] | E. N. Amrani | May 14, 2002 22:20 | 365 | ||
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| the root (Africa),Egypt and History [48 words] | Anthony Devine | Jan 26, 2007 14:41 | 365 | ||
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| The Fear of Saudi Competition [575 words] | B Shniper | May 14, 2002 17:37 | 358 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| Wahabi arrests in Georgia [108 words] | TPutnam | May 14, 2002 13:23 | 349 | ||
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| 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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