Thursday, December 21, 2006

BushCo and the Saudis...UGH...

From truthout.org :

New York Times Rudderless in Iraq

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106C.shtml

The editors of the New York Times write: "Anyone looking for new thinking on Iraq, or even candor, had to be disappointed by President Bush's news conference yesterday. Mr. Bush may want to defer unveiling his new strategy, but there will be no obliging pause in Iraq's unraveling.

"Saudi Royals Snub Bush, Fund Opposition to US Troops

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/122106D.shtml

Early in November, National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley recommended, in a memo leaked to the press, that Saudi Arabia play a leadership role in talks about Iraq's future. But even before the memo landed on Bush's White House desk, the Saudis were positioning themselves to directly influence strategy in Iraq.

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