From Left Coaster:
In today's NY Times we are told that the Bush regime is not happy with the Saudis.
Now, Bush administration officials are voicing increasing anger at what they say has been Saudi Arabia’s counterproductive role in the Iraq war. They say that beyond regarding Mr. Maliki as an Iranian agent, the Saudis have offered financial support to Sunni groups in Iraq. Of an estimated 60 to 80 foreign fighters who enter Iraq each month, American military and intelligence officials say that nearly half are coming from Saudi Arabia and that the Saudis have not done enough to stem the flow.
One senior administration official says he has seen evidence that Saudi Arabia is providing financial support to opponents of Mr. Maliki. He declined to say whether that support was going to Sunni insurgents because, he said, “That would get into disagreements over who is an insurgent and who is not.”
Senior Bush administration officials said the American concerns would be raised next week when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates make a rare joint visit to Jidda, Saudi Arabia.
Officials in Washington have long resisted blaming Saudi Arabia for the chaos and sectarian strife in Iraq, choosing instead to pin blame on Iran and Syria. Even now, military officials rarely talk publicly about the role of Saudi fighters among the insurgents in Iraq.
2 comments:
The Saudis knew an idiot when they met him years ago in Texas. They waited for the right moment and then used Bush/Cheney and now it's time to cut the string. All the Middle East countries are joining together as they have taken US land and US tax money. Even Maliki is telling the White House that he want Petraeus out of Iraq. Bush's golden boy will be asked to leave Iraq. Maliki will most likely take the US Embassy for himself. Talk about suckers yes the Middle East played the Bush Administration and are now laughing.
This administrations involvement in Iraq, messing in the middle East, a place where they were not educated enough to be involved in, and more and more of this foreign relations issues in the middle east will come to light, this is only the beginning.
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