You want to know how unpopular the Iraq War is in the Arab world? An ally, from whom we buy a huge amount of oil, is now reffering to the war as a “illegitimate foreign occupation”. These are the words of Saudi King Abdullah. To date, this is the harshest language he has used in regards to the war and a direct slam on the Bush Iraq policy.
But, Abdullah used wording that seems even more ominous and should be raising red flags to Bush and Co.
If Arab leaders recover trust in each other and regain their credibility, “the winds of hope will blow on the nation, and then, we will not allow forces from outside the region to determine the future of the region, and only the flag of Arabism will be raised on Arab soil,” Abdullah said.
If this doesn’t sound like the old, “yankee, go home!” cry, I don’t know what does. If Abdullah, the guy who could throw our economy into chaos by hiking oil prices or, even, cutting us off altogether is saying thing like this, the White House has to be concerned. But, with Bush, it appears that he is dead, dumb and blind to the opinions of even some of his closest allies if they run contrary to his own.
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