Meanwhile, the chimp is selling arms to Saudi Arabia

[ginnyinWI]

and urging them to "mobilize against Iran".

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/middle_east/jan-june08/saudi_01-14.html

The presidential trip to Riyadh came on the same day the Bush administration notified Congress of a $20 billion arms sale to the Saudis. It includes precision-guided bombs.

Arms deals with the Saudis and other gulf states are meant to bolster defenses against Iran, Saudi Arabia's Shiite neighbor to the north.

Mr. Bush urged the Gulf states to mobilize against Iran yesterday on a stop in the United Arab Emirates.

GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States: Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere, so the United States is strengthening our longstanding security commitments with our friends in the gulf and rallying friends around the world to confront this danger before it is too late.

He just won't quit beating those war drums! Fortunately, the Saudis aren't listening. They don't trust the U.S. to back them up, and they are smart not to.

[babylonsister]

1. And Congress is letting him:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2686343

[ginnyinWI]

6. sorry I didn't see your post first--would have commented there instead.

:)

[Sugar Smack]

2. GOD, this arms-sold-in-the-billions and smooching and giving gold

necklaces while innocent Iraqis die and more people in the US can't even pay to live anywhere is really getting to the lower level of disgusting.:puke: :grr: :nuke:

[Johonny]

3. It's called working on retirement.

So this tour is all about making more money for industrial military complex. It's a business tour no more no less. One might even suggest Bush is simply working on his business retirement nest egg as no doubt he will be heading into the board of these companies upon retirement.

[madokie]

4. aw but we gots us some steriod users by the balls though

the hell with whats going on it the real world.

[zbdent]

5. "Here ... have some nukes ... now, give me one barrel of oil

so I can say I did something about the oil prices ..."

[wuushew]

7. Saudi Arabia actually has a better record than Israel

in terms of aggressive preemptive military conflict.

Also arms sales to SA help address the balance of payments issue which is currently driving up energy costs, while sales to Israel amount to what is an essentially a giant kickback scheme.


Wahhabi War 1811-18
First Saudi-Rashidi War 1902-05
Saudi-Ottoman War 1913
First Saudi-Sharif War 1919
Conquest of Asir by the Ikhwan 1920
Second Saudi-Rashdi War 1920-22
Second Saudi-Sharif War 1924 First Ikhwan Rebellion 1927-28
Second Ikhwan Rebellion 1929-30
Saudi-Yemeni War 1934
Buraimi Oasis Dispute 1952-55
Battle at the Grand Mosque 1987
Persian Gulf War 1990-91