Bush Presses Saudi Arabia Over Oil Prices

[MasterWolf1]

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bush-presses-saudi-arabia-over-oil/20080115063209990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001

[DownwithIslam]

Bush needs a serious beating to straighten him out.

[Dr. Dan]

SO to get more oil for Saudi Arabia, Bush signs into an arms deal with them...

Makes me want to do much more than kick them all in the nuts!

[Ambiorix]

http://galliawatch.blogspot.com/
sarkozy is in Sodomy Arapia as well/
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008
Sarkozy and the Saudis

The BIG news of the day is that Nicolas and Carla MAY be married already, but no one knows for sure, and the president's spokesman said that he cannot comment on Mr. Sarkozy's personal life. Rumor has it that the couple were married on Thursday at Elysée Palace. Another totally unconfirmed rumor is that she is pregnant. These rumors have spread like wildfire throughout the blogosphere, but as of this moment, there is no proof of anything.

The second biggest news is that on Sunday, Nicolas Sarkozy (sans Carla) arrived in Saudi Arabia, one day before George Bush himself arrived there (to discuss primarily the price of oil). Le Figaro has this report on Sarkozy's remarks in Ryad:

"France wants to be Arabia's friend, she wants to be the friend of the Arab world, a friend that does not preach lessons, but that tells the truth." Nicolas Sarkozy used his speech on Monday before the consultative assembly of Saudi Arabia in Ryad to explain the details of his "politics of civilization", and also to promote friendship between France and the Kingdom of the Saudis.

For the French president, "here in Saudi Arabia the relationship of Islam to modernity is being tested." This is why "France does not want to be just a strategic economic partner, but also a political partner for Saudi Arabia." Because, in the opinion of Nicolas Sarkozy, Paris and Ryad "share the same goals of the politics of civilization: to do everything to prevent a clash of civilizations and a religious war."

Nicolas Sarkozy was anxious to send a positive message to this ultraconservative country, especially with respect to the role of women. "On the condition of women, on freedom of expression, Saudi Arabia itself has begun moving, slowly it is true, but who could not be impressed by the changes that have taken place in a few years?" The French head of State also repeated his wish to allow Arab countries access to civilian nuclear energy, something he feels "ought to be a right for all peoples."

This is the sixth Muslim-Arab country Sarkozy has visited (if my count is accurate) to whom he has either promised or given nuclear energy for peaceful use. Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan and now Arabia. He is scheduled to visit the Emirates where he will make the same offer.

This is the first time I recall him saying that nuclear energy is a right. He may have said it before, but I was not aware. It's quite a sweeping statement. He means, of course, for peaceful purposes, but the underlying potential for something far more sinister cannot be disregarded.

He also spoke of the crisis in Lebanon, and offered support for the plan of the Arab League. "Like Saudi Arabia, France will spare no effort in seeing to it that the Lebanese Parliament elects as soon as possible a president whom the various factions of the nation find acceptable.

Business was also part of his agenda. Besides a criticism of the price of oil, which he considers to be too high, Nicolas Sarkozy promised, on leaving Ryad, "large contracts" for French businesses, and spoke of "potentially 40 billion euros", especially in armaments. (...)

It might be worthwhile to point out that the news reports mention nothing about Sarkozy having criticized the treatment of Christians in Saudi Arabia. He was critical of the price of oil, and discreetly critical of the condition of women, but not a word on the fate of Christians. One Figaro reader points out:

(...) in Saudi Arabia there is great persecution against Christians who do not have the right to practice their faith, to have a Bible in their homes. They are arrested, ordered to renounce their faith under torture... sometimes unto death!

Another reader said, regarding the contracts:

Very potential, indeed. The truth is that the president left empty-handed: no contract was signed in a country bloated with petrodollars!

This is true of other "deals" cut by Sarkozy. Many of them are, for the moment, just talk. How many actually materialize is anybody's guess.

Another article from Yahoo adds this bit of information:

Nicolas Sarkozy offered to send to Saudi Arabia the French Commissariat on Atomic Energy (CEA) to study the possibilities in the domain of civil nuclear energy. He said that the CEA was ready, if need be, to make the trip in the coming weeks.

He also confirmed that on Tuesday he would sign with the UAE "an accord of cooperation" that would open th

[MasterWolf1]

If anyone really believes that the new batch is only kidding themselves. 

[MassuhDGoodName]

Dr. Dan:  "SO to get more oil for Saudi Arabia, Bush signs into an arms deal with them..."

It may appear to be a quid pro quo, but the U.S. military industrial complex is what keeps the U.S. economy afloat.

This "sale of dangerous high-tech weaponry" to foreign nations has been an ongoing enterprise; one of the only reasons there is an economy in this country.  Many Americans assumed that with the demise of the U.S.S.R., the American economy would shift from a "war economy" to a "peace economy", but this never happened, because without a war economy the U.S. will shrivel up and die.  The "arms sale track record" more often than not is (1) arms sales to dictators and others which floats the U.S. economy and produces "temporary allies"; Sadam Hussein, Manuel Noriega, and the Shah of Iran are just three examples.  (2) as political winds shift, the "monsters" we created are suddenly denounced as "enemies of America with dangerous weapons who threaten world peace, and then (3) the U.S. military invades and/or bombs its former 'allies', thus testing out its high technology weaponry in the field, while simultaneously creating a demand for military production industries; once again securing employment, floating the U.S. economy, and then (4) the cycle repeats itself endlessly.
Don't think for a moment that any more oil or less expensive oil is part of this business deal.  As a matter of fact, the State of Israel is another classic example of how the U.S. has armed and propped up a 'vital ally', and now turns on her as a result of shifting political winds, denouncing the "Jewish Occupation", etc. .  Those who truly believe that Bush or Hillary or Huckabee would not or will not invade and occupy Israel soon are not focusing on the big picture regarding the U.S. being the #1 supplier of arms to the entire world.

[Ambiorix]

Dr. Dan:  "SO to get more oil for Saudi Arabia, Bush signs into an arms deal with them..."

It may appear to be a quid pro quo, but the U.S. military industrial complex is what keeps the U.S. economy afloat.

This "sale of dangerous high-tech weaponry" to foreign nations has been an ongoing enterprise; one of the only reasons there is an economy in this country.  Many Americans assumed that with the demise of the U.S.S.R., the American economy would shift from a "war economy" to a "peace economy", but this never happened, because without a war economy the U.S. will shrivel up and die.  The "arms sale track record" more often than not is (1) arms sales to dictators and others which floats the U.S. economy and produces "temporary allies"; Sadam Hussein, Manuel Noriega, and the Shah of Iran are just three examples.  (2) as political winds shift, the "monsters" we created are suddenly denounced as "enemies of America with dangerous weapons who threaten world peace, and then (3) the U.S. military invades and/or bombs its former 'allies', thus testing out its high technology weaponry in the field, while simultaneously creating a demand for military production industries; once again securing employment, floating the U.S. economy, and then (4) the cycle repeats itself endlessly.
Don't think for a moment that any more oil or less expensive oil is part of this business deal.  As a matter of fact, the State of Israel is another classic example of how the U.S. has armed and propped up a 'vital ally', and now turns on her as a result of shifting political winds, denouncing the "Jewish Occupation", etc. .  Those who truly believe that Bush or Hillary or Huckabee would not or will not invade and occupy Israel soon are not focusing on the big picture regarding the U.S. being the #1 supplier of arms to the entire world.

Something that is not often spoken about on this forum, but it is all too true