Posted by
JayPeriod on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 4:46:56 PM
We are told that one of our greatest allies in the War on Terror is Saudi Arabia. We are told how they are a great ally in the region and they are doing all they can to help us stop terrorism. As the old saying goes, with friends like these, who needs enemies!
Starting with nearly $100 a barrel oil, which is draining our economy and not helping us fuel our troops, Saudi Arabia does not prove to be such a friend. They live in the desert. They have sand and oil. They rely on us for wheat. How would the world see us if we withheld that wheat for, say, $100 per bushel? Would they not call us cruel? Yet, we keep shelling out outrageous prices at the pump, feeling the dagger in the back, and smile at this great ally in the desert. Of course, if we could dig for our oil in Alaska, we wouldn't need them and they could try to make bread from their oil and sand. Bon appetit!
Today, FoxNews reported that the Saudi's have released over 1500 al Qaeda fighters. They promised not to perform any attacks on the Saudi peninsula. How nice for them! They have been rehabilitated. We've all heard that before. If they call this being a good ally, I'm sure glad they're not our enemies.
Finally, we've all heard of the penalty they gave to the young rape victim. She received 90 lashes, upped to 200, and six months in jail for being raped. Her actual crime was being in the company of a male who was not a relative. Goodness, our young ladies here would be continually black and blue. There was also the Saudi imam who detailed to the men of Saudi Arabia how to beat their wives. This sounds like neither a country who exists in this century nor one that values women. With all the advances our women have made, surely we must see this kind of behavior cease to exist in a great ally.
Clearly, Saudi Arabia is not a great ally. Other than a few military bases, which could now be located in Iraq, a much more strategic location, and oil, which can be replaced by drilling in Alaska, I see nothing in this country which makes them a great ally in the War on Terror. Actually, I'm beginning to see quite the opposite.