Comments on: Bush Surprisingly Firm in Middle East

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:41:05 +0000

Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States currently?

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/11/15/afric...

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/08/afric...

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/nuclearPolici...

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:35:45 +0000

We're selling smart bombs to the Saudis (announced today), and are interested in selling the Saudis a missile defense system, and would love to sell this kind of stuff to the other Gulf states. As for a Saudi nuclear bomb, the idea would be for them simply to buy one or pay up front for most of the work to already have been done elsewhere, such as in Pakistan or North Korea.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:51:27 +0000

Any settlement brokered by the US will be suspect in the Arab world. Why not let the UN Secretary General broker the deal instead?

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:54:13 +0000

“Can't they just give the Arabs and Iranians what they want?” Hehehe…

But without Israel the Arabs and Iranians would need to find something else to complain about. How about a nuclear race between Saudi Arabia and Iran?

By: DLS

DLS — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:33:49 +0000

It has never been surprising. What is remarkable is how much Bush and his oil-and-oil-nation-tied interests will twist Israel's arm a la Czechoslovakia in the 1930s. Damn pesky troublemakers. Can't they just give the Arabs and Iranians what they want?

By: JSpencer

JSpencer — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:39:32 +0000

Any suggestion that a president of GWB's limited talents would be capable of accomplishing what better men than he have failed to do seems ludicrous to me, especially since he has so little time left and has so many other irons in the fire. If he does, I'll be glad to reassess my opinion of the man, but somehow I don't think that will be necessary.