deziloooooo
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Post by deziloooooo on Jun 8, 2011 22:35:41 GMT -5
This article is a interesting one by a adviser to one of the chief Saudis influential personalities , former Ambassador of the Kingdom to the US. He mentions many things they are doing now to cement relationships in the Middle East, strengthening their military, big time and to help stabilized where possible where there is chaos now. I caution any who read the article, the author is most likely pushing the Saudis side of things, however it does show their thinking, leadership of, and is a indication of how they are concerned with the middle East happenings and the belligerency of Iran, thus the unprecedented build up of their military, and the notice in the article, in Arms purchases, it will be spread around, not just majority of US made product, their reasoning , economic, most bang for the buck, I wouldn't be surprised that it also has o do with The cooling of relationship because of the fall out over Mubarak. I believe they are opting out of a deal to buy the F-35 of ours, looking to a European option. ----------------------------------------------------------- globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/08/a-saudi-perspective-on-the-arab-uprisings/-------------------------------------------------------------- [Click on link to read article] --------------------------------------------------------------- globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/08/a-saudi-perspective-on-the-arab-uprisings/------------------------------------------------ . June 8th, 2011 03:45 PM ET A Saudi perspective on the Arab uprisings Editor's Note: Nawaf Obaid is a Senior Fellow at the King Faisal Center for Research & Islamic Studies based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He recently wrote an op-ed for The Washington Post entitled, Why Saudi Arabia is stable amid the Mideast unrest. Previously, Obaid was also private security and energy advisor Nawaf Obaid to Prince Turki al-Faisal when al-Faisal was the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. By Nawaf Obaid – Special to CNN "The Arab world faces a period of historic upheaval: The economic and social malaise that existed in Tunisia before the revolution remains, and there is no realistic plan to turn the situation around. Egypt's economy is in free-fall and the Muslim Brotherhood is poised to significantly increase its power through upcoming elections. Civil war in Libya and escalating violence in Yemen have cost thousands of lives and set back development by decades. Syria is on the edge of an abyss of nightmarish internecine warfare, which could spill into Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. The so-called "Arab Spring" has not brought new life to the Middle East, but leaderless anarchy, creating a virtual pan-regional movement that is alarmingly dangerous and ultimately unsustainable." |
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