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Saudis Give U.S. a Grim What If
NY Times ^
| December 13, 2006
| HELENE COOPER
Posted on 12/12/2006 9:20:33 PM PST by neverdem
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:20:35 PM PST
by
neverdem
To: neverdem
And we should tell them that any action on their part which interrupts our oil supply will result in our kicking their sorry asses into the stratosphere.
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:23:45 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Democracy: The worst form of government, except for all the others.)
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
We should be able to use this to our advantage. An all-out war between the Sunnis and the Shias might be a very good thing for the US.
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:26:27 PM PST
by
Eccl 10:2
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem - Ps 122:6)
To: Eccl 10:2
Just like with the gaza strip. Let the animals kill each other off.
Western civilization wins.
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:34:14 PM PST
by
Proud_USA_Republican
(We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good. - Hillary Clinton)
To: neverdem
NY Times..........nevermind.
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:34:27 PM PST
by
Just Lori
(Blessed are the peacemakers: ARMY, NAVY, AIR FORCE, MARINES, COAST GUARD!!!!)
To: neverdem
Here's a grim what if back at them. What if we do nothing and let the Shiites and Sunni fight to the death sucking in all Arab nations and a nuclear Iran?
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:37:37 PM PST
by
SampleMan
(Islamic tolerance is practiced by killing you last.)
To: neverdem
I wonder just how much of Saudi Arabia could be overrun by the 100,000+ soldiers currently in Iraq? Then the Saudis ability to support the Sunnis in Iraq would be reduced to near zero from oil revenue. The Saudis would be fools to issue any sort of ultimatum to the U.S. that involved the threat of military action as they could not possibly prevent the U.S. from an overwhelming victory against their forces.
To: neverdem
What we really should do is start building the plants to turn all our coal reserves into oil/fuel. That will hit them where it counts.
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:48:44 PM PST
by
MarkeyD
(The tree of liberty must from time to time be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
And we should tell them that any action on their part which interrupts our oil supply will result in our kicking their sorry asses into the stratosphere.IIRC, the Saudis have most of their Shiites living in the same provinces where they extract the oil.
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posted on
12/12/2006 9:56:06 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
The Shiites aren't any better than the Sunnis. Most of the people of both of these groups in Iraq are worthless pieces of sh*t with a minority of good people. We just need to use them against each other. We wanted to help the Shiites deal with Saddam's regime and we want the Sunnis to help deal with Iran. We should have never tried to rebuild Iraq in the first place.
Once we won the war in Iraq and got all the intelligence we needed we should have pulled out our troops and let Iraqis fight among themselves. Then we would have all the forces we would need in Iran and we wouldn't have lost so much support from the American people.
Of course we would be criticized by some for the violence that erupted after the war but it wouldn't have been near the scale it is today.
To: SampleMan
It would be so easy just to throw up our hands and say "LOL, have at it" and let them kill each other till they run out or get bored.
Too bad we're good people and all. :)
To: neverdem
And why should this be a concern? part of the plan?
To: Poodlebrain
"they could not possibly prevent the U.S. from an overwhelming victory against their forces."
With demonrats in power, they'll never have to. They could invade Cincinnati with no fear of effective military action by the US.
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posted on
12/12/2006 10:25:35 PM PST
by
dsc
To: SampleMan
Here's a grim what if back at them. What if we do nothing and let the Shiites and Sunni fight to the death sucking in all Arab nations and a nuclear Iran?We and our allies have to be energy self sufficient before that strategy is employed.
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posted on
12/12/2006 10:41:11 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: GoforBroke
And why should this be a concern? part of the plan?See comment# 14.
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posted on
12/12/2006 10:43:31 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: Just Lori
Thanks for the ping. Too bad you had nothing new to write.
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posted on
12/12/2006 10:45:44 PM PST
by
neverdem
(May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
To: neverdem
This is Dubyah's plan "B" in case congress succeeds in cutting funding for the war in Iraq.
I think it is brilliant.
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posted on
12/12/2006 11:03:42 PM PST
by
Candor7
(Into Liberal flatulance goes the best hope of the West, and who wants to be a smart feller?)
To: neverdem
Saber rattling has such an authentic tone when it comes from the Middle East
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posted on
12/12/2006 11:06:58 PM PST
by
Greenpees
(Coulda Shoulda Woulda)
To: neverdem
What's so grim? One set of satan worshipers murdering another set of satan worshipers. I fail to see the grim of it. They have been at this conflict ever since the original mohamicidal maniac took his final dirtnap/shortbus to hell.
As long as they dont aquire nukes, and they murder each other over in satans litter box, WGAF?
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posted on
12/12/2006 11:14:07 PM PST
by
rawcatslyentist
(When true genius appears, know him by this sign: all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.)
To: neverdem
The amazing thing to me is that Saudi Arabia manages to float above all the violence right next door, as if it were on a completely different continent or something. The Saudis supposedly are our allies - why shouldn't they be involved in some fashion militarily and financially - I mean, involved other than by producing terrorists like Osama bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers and all.
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