From: "Mark" 

No, I think that if you're reduced to relying on Saudi interpretations of
how the operation is going, that it's a sure bet that things are going even
better than even I, and Hekyll, thought.

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> Hey, the Saudis are Bush's friends, not mine.
>
> The fact that they are concerned in no way implies that there is "good
> news for progress" in Iraq.  Do you think that they really aren't
> friends of the Bush family and that they are trying to undermine the
> work of the Bushies in the region?
>
>
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:55:25 -0400, "Mark"
 wrote:
>
>>Well, if Prince Saud al-Faisal is taking your position that all is lost,
>>that should be good news for progress in Iraq indeed -- or is there some
>>reason that the Saudis suddenly have credibility in your eyes?
>>
>>"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>>news:q4u6j1d6lts0n6b28qd4ocfreverft2men{at}4ax.com...
>>>I bet the prospect chills the cockles of the Prince's Sunni heart:
>>>
>>>
http://nytimes.com/2005/09/23/politics/23diplo.html?hp&ex=1127448000&en=013
b9cacddbc00a1&ei=5094&partner=homepage
>>> WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 - Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign
>>> minister, said Thursday that he had been warning the Bush
>>> administration in recent days that Iraq was hurtling toward
>>> disintegration, a development that he said could drag the region into
>>> war.
>>>
>>> "There is no dynamic now pulling the nation
together," he said in a
>>> meeting with reporters at the Saudi Embassy here. "All the dynamics
>>> are pulling the country apart." He said he was so concerned that he
>>> was carrying this message "to everyone who will
listen" in the Bush
>>> administration.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>

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