[Culturechat] The Fall of the House of Saud
Boris Sojka
borissojka@adelphia.net
Wed, 21 May 2003 21:40:40 -0700
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The three major goals as stated by Osama bin Laden were.
1. The removal of US troops from the holy lands of Saudi Arabia. =
---Dubya announced that we are pulling out almost all of our troops.
2. The removal of the non-sectarian Bath Party and Sadaam Hussein, to be =
replaced by a fundamentalist Muslim government,-- Dubya is half way =
there to accomplishing that goal.
3. The removal of the Royal Family from Saudi Arabia, to be replaced by =
a fundamentalist Muslim government.-- Give him a little time, Dubya is =
blundering himself thru this one also.
All that, and it only cost us a hundred billion dollars so far.
Boris
----- Original Message -----=20
From: WesTexas@aol.com=20
To: culturechat@untours.com=20
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 7:13 PM
Subject: [Culturechat] The Fall of the House of Saud
The Fall of the House of Saud
By Robert Baer=20
The Atlantic Monthly | May 19, 2003
Click here: FrontPage magazine.com=20
http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3D7892
Excerpts follow. Full article at above link. =20
Americans have long considered Saudi Arabia the one constant in the =
Arab Middle East--a source of cheap oil, political stability, and =
lucrative business relationships. But the country is run by an =
increasingly dysfunctional royal family that has been funding militant =
Islamic movements abroad in an attempt to protect itself from them at =
home. A former CIA operative argues, in an article drawn from his new =
book, Sleeping With the Devil, that today's Saudi Arabia can't last much =
longer--and the social and economic fallout of its demise could be =
calamitous.
Not all the wishing in the world will change the basic reality of the =
situation.=20
* Saudi Arabia controls the largest share of the world's oil and =
serves as the market regulator for the global petroleum industry.=20
* No country consumes more oil, and is more dependent on Saudi oil, =
than the United States.
* The United States and the rest of the industrialized world are =
therefore absolutely dependent on Saudi Arabia's oil reserves, and will =
be for decades to come.=20
* If the Saudi oil spigot is shut off, by terrorism or by political =
revolution, the effect on the global economy, and particularly on the =
economy of the United States, will be devastating.=20
* Saudi oil is controlled by an increasingly bankrupt, criminal, =
dysfunctional, and out-of-touch royal family that is hated by the people =
it rules and by the nations that surround its kingdom.=20
Signs of impending disaster are everywhere, but the House of Saud has =
chosen to pray that the moment of reckoning will not come soon--and the =
United States has chosen to look away. So nothing changes: the royal =
family continues to exhaust the Saudi treasury, buying more and more =
arms and funneling more and more "charity" money to the jihadists, all =
in a desperate and self-destructive effort to protect itself.=20
The fact is that the West, especially the United States, has left the =
Saudis little choice. Leading U.S. corporations hire and rehire known =
Saudi crooks and known financiers of terrorism to represent their =
interests, so that they can land the deals that will pay the commissions =
back in Saudi Arabia--commissions that will further erode the budget and =
thus further divide the ruling class from everyone else.=20
Former CIA directors serve on boards whose members have to hold their =
noses to cut deals with Saudi companies--because that's business, that's =
the price of entry, that's the way it's done. Ex-Presidents, former =
prime ministers, onetime senators and congressmen, and Cabinet members =
walk around with their hands out, acting as if they're doing something =
else but rarely slowing down, because most of them know it's an endgame =
too. But sometime soon, one way or another, the House of Saud is coming =
down.=20
Robert Baer served for twenty-one years with the CIA, primarily as a =
field officer in the Middle East. He resigned from the agency in 1997 =
and was awarded its Career Intelligence Medal in 1998. This article is =
adapted from the forthcoming book Sleeping With the Devil (Crown =
Publishers), to be published in June.=20
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The three major goals as stated =
by Osama=20
bin Laden were.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>1. The removal of US troops =
from the holy=20
lands of Saudi Arabia. ---Dubya announced that we are pulling out almost =
all of=20
our troops.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>2. The removal of the =
non-sectarian Bath=20
Party and Sadaam Hussein, to be replaced by a fundamentalist Muslim=20
government,-- Dubya is half way there to accomplishing that=20
goal.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>3. The removal of the Royal =
Family from=20
Saudi Arabia, to be replaced by a fundamentalist Muslim government.-- =
Give him a=20
little time, Dubya is blundering himself thru this one=20
also.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All that, and it only =
cost us a=20
hundred billion dollars so far.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Boris</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<A title=3DWesTexas@aol.com =
href=3D"mailto:WesTexas@aol.com">WesTexas@aol.com</A>=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 21, 2003 =
7:13=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Culturechat] The Fall =
of the=20
House of Saud</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3Darial,helvetica><FONT lang=3D0=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face=3DArial size=3D2 =
FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF">The=20
Fall of the House of Saud<BR>By <A=20
href=3D"http://frontpagemag.com/articles/authors.asp?ID=3D1702">Robert =
Baer=20
</A><BR>The Atlantic Monthly | May 19, 2003<BR><A=20
=
href=3D"http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3D7892">Click=
here:=20
FrontPage magazine.com</A> <BR><A=20
=
href=3D"http://frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3D7892">http:=
//frontpagemag.com/articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=3D7892</A><BR><BR>Excerpts=
=20
follow. Full article at above link. <BR><BR>Americans have =
long=20
considered Saudi Arabia the one constant in the Arab Middle East--a =
source of=20
cheap oil, political stability, and lucrative business relationships. =
But the=20
country is run by an increasingly dysfunctional royal family that has =
been=20
funding militant Islamic movements abroad in an attempt to protect =
itself from=20
them at home. A former CIA operative argues, in an article drawn from =
his new=20
book, Sleeping With the Devil, that today's Saudi Arabia can't last =
much=20
longer--and the social and economic fallout of its demise could be=20
calamitous.<BR><BR>Not all the wishing in the world will change the =
basic=20
reality of the situation. <BR><BR>* Saudi Arabia controls the largest =
share of=20
the world's oil and serves as the market regulator for the global =
petroleum=20
industry. <BR><BR>* No country consumes more oil, and is more =
dependent on=20
Saudi oil, than the United States.<BR><BR>* The United States and the =
rest of=20
the industrialized world are therefore absolutely dependent on Saudi =
Arabia's=20
oil reserves, and will be for decades to come. <BR><BR>* If the Saudi =
oil=20
spigot is shut off, by terrorism or by political revolution, the =
effect on the=20
global economy, and particularly on the economy of the United States, =
will be=20
devastating. <BR><BR>* Saudi oil is controlled by an increasingly =
bankrupt,=20
criminal, dysfunctional, and out-of-touch royal family that is hated =
by the=20
people it rules and by the nations that surround its kingdom. =
<BR><BR>Signs of=20
impending disaster are everywhere, but the House of Saud has chosen to =
pray=20
that the moment of reckoning will not come soon--and the United States =
has=20
chosen to look away. So nothing changes: the royal family continues to =
exhaust=20
the Saudi treasury, buying more and more arms and funneling more and =
more=20
"charity" money to the jihadists, all in a desperate and =
self-destructive=20
effort to protect itself. <BR><BR>The fact is that the West, =
especially the=20
United States, has left the Saudis little choice. Leading U.S. =
corporations=20
hire and rehire known Saudi crooks and known financiers of terrorism =
to=20
represent their interests, so that they can land the deals that will =
pay the=20
commissions back in Saudi Arabia--commissions that will further erode =
the=20
budget and thus further divide the ruling class from everyone else.=20
<BR><BR>Former CIA directors serve on boards whose members have to =
hold their=20
noses to cut deals with Saudi companies--because that's business, =
that's the=20
price of entry, that's the way it's done. Ex-Presidents, former prime=20
ministers, onetime senators and congressmen, and Cabinet members walk =
around=20
with their hands out, acting as if they're doing something else but =
rarely=20
slowing down, because most of them know it's an endgame too. But =
sometime=20
soon, one way or another, the House of Saud is coming down. =
<BR><BR><B>Robert=20
Baer served for twenty-one years with the CIA, primarily as a field =
officer in=20
the Middle East. He resigned from the agency in 1997 and was awarded =
its=20
Career Intelligence Medal in 1998. This article is adapted from the=20
forthcoming book Sleeping With the Devil (Crown Publishers), to be =
published=20
in June.</B> </FONT><FONT lang=3D0 style=3D"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" =
face=3DArial=20
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