Saudi diplomat speaks of U.S. "intellectual arrogance" [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Saudi diplomat speaks of U.S. "intellectual arrogance"
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By Andrea Orr

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States said on Friday that his country was staunchly opposed to terrorism and had moved to discipline the clerics who had helped spread an anti-Western message before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

(snip) But in remarks that were carefully balanced, Bin Sultan, a former fighter pilot, also said that America's dominance in world affairs brought risks of its own.


"I personally feel it's not in America's interest to be the only game in town. It costs money and no one says thank you," he said during an address to the World Affairs Council.


Bin Sultan also said he saw "a little bit of intellectual arrogance," in the popular American notion that democracy was a "cure all" for all the world's problems. (snip/...)

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