[TheDon]

I was talking to someone on FR not too long ago about Iraq and the Hashemites, but I didn't know Iraq had been ruled by the Hashemites so recently.

Let's see, overthrow Iraq, and return it to the Hashemites, hmmm, I wonder if they would trade Jordan for Iraq? Then, turn Jordan over to the Pali Arabs for a homeland, thus returning Gaza and the West Bank to Israel. Did I miss anything? It's fun playing ruler of the world for a day.

[sheik yerbouty]

Molto bene!

[Mike Darancette]

Did I miss anything?

Yep - Give guardianship of Mecca and Medena back to the Hashemites (It was taken from them in the '20s by Britain and the Saudis).

This thread has covered in concept the veiled threat to the Saudis offered up by the much maligned Rand Report.

[weikel]

The Palis should be forced deep into the Saudi desert. The Jordanian Beduins seem like one of the few decent groups of Arabs. I would not hand them over to the Pallies.