Pic of Cheney and the King sitting around a Christmas tree in Riyadh

[Leo 9]

Vice President Cheney with King Abdullah in Riyadh on Saturday. (Saudi Press Agency Via Associated Press)


Stepping Into Iraq
Saudi Arabia Will Protect Sunnis if the U.S. Leaves

By Nawaf Obaid
Wednesday, November 29, 2006; Page A23

In February 2003, a month before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, warned President Bush that he would be "solving one problem and creating five more" if he removed Saddam Hussein by force. Had Bush heeded his advice, Iraq would not now be on the brink of full-blown civil war and disintegration.

One hopes he won't make the same mistake again by ignoring the counsel of Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States, Prince Turki al-Faisal, who said in a speech last month that "since America came into Iraq uninvited, it should not leave Iraq uninvited." If it does, one of the first consequences will be massive Saudi intervention to stop Iranian-backed Shiite militias from butchering Iraqi Sunnis.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/28/AR2006112801277.html

[bahrbearian]

1. "Come on now Mr Cheney ,Kiss me ,,I'm under the Mistletoe"

[juajen]

2. Don't think that's a Christmas tree

N/T

[htuttle]

3. No, I don't believe they really celebrate Christmas in Riyadh

[jwirr]

4. Neither do I. It looks like flowers to me.