Saudi Dilemma :: Reader comments at Daniel Pipes

Submitted by Irma Rochlin (United States), May 15, 2003 at 15:11

Looks like a case of "damned if we do, damned if we don't" re: our support for the Saudi royal family. On the one hand, there is the lawsuit against the Saudi royal family for its negligence in funding terrorist organizations that led to the WTC disaster (1 Trillion dollars being sought on behalf of victims' familes). On the other hand, there is the ascendency of the regime of the followers of Osama Bin Laden, the popular choice of most of the Saudis. Democracy as we know it seems an elusive goal.

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Title	Commenter	Date	Thread
Response to comments [180 words]	Faisal Alotaibi	Dec 26, 2005 19:55	30599
There is a great need for this kind of information (education) [115 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Attilio Capponi, Ph.D.	Aug 29, 2004 20:21	16575
Islamic Emirate of Arabia? [507 words]	John Power	Aug 5, 2004 19:47	16249
Let them be what they are! [98 words]	Glenn Klotz	May 28, 2003 15:33	9270
"Cosmopolitan" [61 words]	S.C.Panda	May 26, 2003 07:01	9240
Origin of Violence [106 words]	A.A.	May 22, 2003 11:17	9179
How the US is supporting dictatorship and terrorism [277 words]	Alain Jean-Mairet	May 20, 2003 06:01	9129
Make a deal with the devil? [25 words]	Avi	May 19, 2003 18:47	9126
Bad News? [122 words]	Alain Jean-Mairet	May 16, 2003 09:43	9104
The complexity of Saudi Arabia's internal situation [425 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Carool Kersten	May 15, 2003 22:49	9095
Long Over-Due Explanation [76 words]	Jacob Burkey	May 15, 2003 17:58	9092
Saudi Dilemma [92 words]	Irma Rochlin	May 15, 2003 15:11	9090
Women in Islamism [126 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes	Johanna Markind	May 15, 2003 13:10	9088
Saudi Arabia [18 words]	Joah Marder	May 15, 2003 10:49	9086
A better choice [135 words]	Tom Pensyl	May 15, 2003 09:01	9084
On what basis? [41 words]	John Gridley	May 15, 2003 07:30	9082
The U.S. should stay out of it [197 words]	Dianna	May 15, 2003 07:15	9081
Another Alternative [11 words]	Paul M. Neville	May 15, 2003 06:01	9080
Oh man oh man................. [78 words]	Devon Hill	May 15, 2003 01:55	9079
Sponsorship of Wahhabi organizations abroad [54 words]	William Kinney	May 14, 2003 22:21	9073
USA and the west should stop the war in Arab land. [98 words]	Humphrey W.Walela	Nov 19, 2008 03:24	9073
From al Sa'ud to al Thani [286 words]	Avraham	May 14, 2003 20:43	9072
Confrontation [55 words]	Gene Behl	May 14, 2003 20:08	9071
Thanks [156 words]	Annabel Frost	May 14, 2003 18:30	9070
The end game [373 words]	jms	May 14, 2003 16:59	9067
Support the royal family again? [54 words]	Edmund James	May 14, 2003 16:51	9066
Your article "Arabia's Civil War" [105 words]	M.Dunsky	May 14, 2003 16:27	9065
Incredibly good [143 words]	Ilona Melstrads	May 14, 2003 15:11	9062
Hydrogen is the answer [64 words]	Lucas J. Meyer	May 14, 2003 15:07	9061
Neither good [83 words]	George El Masri	May 14, 2003 14:43	9060
The Ikhwan-inspired enemy [38 words]	Hank Artze	May 14, 2003 13:51	9058
By What Saudi Acts is the Regime Distinguished from Al Qaeda? [98 words]	Brad Cloven	May 14, 2003 12:38	9055