CHENEY Was "Basically Summoned" To Saudi Arabia Because Of Damage Bush Admin Has Created In Region

[kpete]

Contrary to Previous Reports, Cheney Was ‘Basically Summoned’ By Saudi Crown Prince

Last weekend, Vice President Cheney traveled to Saudi Arabia in a visit that “was originally portrayed as U.S. outreach to its oil-rich Arab ally.” Cheney made the trip purportedly to discuss a “range of regional issues,” Cheney’s spokeswoman said. The Associated Press reported that Cheney was “seen as a US diplomatic push to stem surging violence in Iraq.”

But today’s Washington Post reports that the push for the meeting came from the Saudis, not the other way around:

Saudi Arabia is so concerned about the damage that the conflict in Iraq is doing across the region that it basically summoned Vice President Cheney for talks over the weekend, according to U.S. officials and foreign diplomats.

What does it say about the nature of U.S.-Saudi relations when the Vice President can be “summoned” by the Saudi Crown Prince?

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/28/cheney-saudi/

[Lars39]

1. He looked totally subservient in those pics.

[JuniperLea]

2. We're screwn

I'm series... "we the people" are NOT in charge.

[Target_For_Exterm]

3. Not every vice president worships oil.

A more sensible version of vice president would have said "go to h*ll"

But in Cheney's case, I like the idea of him standing around while someone screams in his face. Just desserts, and all that.

[EFerrari]

4. I wonder how many times the Saudis have considered

"intervening" in our government in the last six years.

BushCo has made a terrible, terrible blunder that is going to cost the Saudis for generations to come -- if it doesn't wind up toppling them first.

[Rageneau]

5. No wonder there was no kissing or hand-holding.

Originally, I thought that was because the prince was just being true to his boy, George. But now I realized that he saw Cheney as with cooties.

[butterfly77]

6. Why didn't they summon bush...

is it because they know that Cheney has been the pres all along...

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[madrchsod]

8. remember the saudi`s told bush to pressure israel

to back down on the invasion of lebanon and he didn`t. the saudi`s are afraid that iran and iraq will cut a deal and become a bigger force in the oil production than the saudi`s. the only thing that was keeping the lid on was the balance of power between the big players in the middle east now that balance is gone. there won`t be anymore kissings and hand holding for little georgie anymore. the saudi`s are pissed

[lapfog_1]

9. Well, Republicans are the party of the "golden rule"

or, them that got the gold (black gold, texas tea) make the rules.

[wicket]

10. Hoo boy

:popcorn:

[Skidmore]

11. This sounds like a good article for KO to followup on with his

own special twist.