Is Obama planning to attack Saudi Arabia?

"We won't trouble Saudi's tyrants with calls to reform while we crave their oil

# The Guardian, Tuesday 15 March 2011

Did you hear it? The clamour from western governments for democracy in Saudi Arabia? The howls of outrage from the White House and No 10 about the shootings on Thursday, the suppression of protests on Friday, the arrival of Saudi troops in Bahrain on Monday? No? Nor did I"

Full story: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/15/no-call-for-reform-saudi-oil
 
"U.S.-Saudi Tensions Intensify With Mideast Turmoil

WASHINGTON -- Even before Saudi Arabia sent troops into Bahrain on Monday to quell an uprising it fears might spill across its own borders, American officials were increasingly concerned that the kingdom's stability could ultimately be threatened by regional unrest, succession politics and its resistance to reform.

So far, oil-rich Saudi Arabia has successfully stifled public protests with a combination of billions of dollars in new jobs programs and an overwhelming police presence, backed by warnings last week from the foreign minister to "cut any finger that crosses into the kingdom."

Full story: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11074/1132130-82.stm?cmpid=nationworld.xml
 
So what you're saying is that the US is alarmed at the signs of destabilisation in Saudi Arabia, and so the suggestion of making it much, much worse with an attempted US occupation of the country (containing the holiest sites in the Muslim world to add fuel to the fire) is completely and absolutely ridiculous.

Right?
 
Jack by the hedge said:
So what you're saying is that the US is alarmed at the signs of destabilisation in Saudi Arabia, and so the suggestion of making it much, much worse with an attempted US occupation of the country (containing the holiest sites in the Muslim world to add fuel to the fire) is completely and absolutely ridiculous.

Right?
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An ordinary military invasion of Saudi Arabia is not likely I think. That would be quite outrageous. They could however do it in a sneakier way and claim that they will send military troops to Saudi Arabia in order to stabilize that country.
 
"Bahrain Feature: Saudi Arabia's Slap in the Face of the US
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For the United States, the intervention is a slap in the face. On Saturday, March 12, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Bahrain, where he called for real reforms to the country's political system and criticized "baby steps," which he said would be insufficient to defuse the crisis. The Saudis were called in within a few hours of Gates's departure, however, showing their disdain for his efforts to reach a negotiated solution. By acting so soon after Gates's visit, Saudi Arabia has made the United States look at best irrelevant to events in Bahrain, and from the Shiite opposition's point of view, even complicit in the Saudi military intervention."

http://www.enduringamerica.com/home...saudi-arabias-slap-in-the-face-of-the-us.html
 
Grassy Knowlington said:
Anders Lindman said:
But the Big Lie tactics is a bad thing! As some famous person said:

"You can fool all people half of the time and fool half of the population all the time, but you can't fool all people all the time."
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Attributed to Lincoln.
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Also attributed to P.T. Barnum, but probably said by neither -- some anonymous journalist most like came up with it,

Oh, and the phrase is "you can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."

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Some provocateurs may be able to provoke the Saudi troops in Bahrain so that they go totally berserk. And then the dirt will really hit the fan. The U.S. has a naval base in Bahrain which may be used as an excuse for Obama to bring in a lot of U.S. (followed by UN and NATO) troops into Bahrain.
 
"Obama's new headaches: Saudi Arabia, Bahrain -- and Iran

A nuclear crisis in Japan, civil war in Libya, and budget battles on Capitol Hill -- a busy time for President Obama.

And, now, a new major headache that's not yet getting much attention because of all the others: Saudi Arabian troops in neighboring Bahrain, seeking to protect the Sunni monarchy there."

http://content.usatoday.com/communi...-headaches-saudi-arabia-bahrain----and-iran/1
 
The Council on Foreign Relations is often influential when it comes to U.S. politics as I understand it. In the below article the author says that it's not an Iran-U.S. conflict.

"U.S. policymakers must grasp that the crisis in Bahrain and elsewhere in the Middle East is not about Iran and should not be seen through the prism of U.S.-Iran confrontation. The sooner Washington emancipates itself from such flawed perceptions, the sooner it will be in position to craft a new, stable regional order."

http://www.cfr.org/bahrain/saudi-arabias-missteps-into-bahrain/p24379
 
Anders Lindman said:
The Council on Foreign Relations is often influential when it comes to U.S. politics as I understand it. In the below article the author says that it's not an Iran-U.S. conflict.

"U.S. policymakers must grasp that the crisis in Bahrain and elsewhere in the Middle East is not about Iran and should not be seen through the prism of U.S.-Iran confrontation. The sooner Washington emancipates itself from such flawed perceptions, the sooner it will be in position to craft a new, stable regional order."

http://www.cfr.org/bahrain/saudi-arabias-missteps-into-bahrain/p24379
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So again, there's no evidence of the US invading Saudi Arabia. That's for clarifying that. Got it.
 
"Saudi Arabia withdraws Reuters reporter's permit

(Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has withdrawn the accreditation of a senior Reuters correspondent, obliging him to leave the country, after officials complained on Tuesday that a recent report on a protest in the kingdom was not accurate.

Reuters said it stood by its coverage and welcomed an assurance given by the Saudi government that it would begin the accreditation of a replacement for its correspondent."

Full story: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/15/us-saudi-media-reuters-idUSTRE72E5WD20110315
 
Make something up then desperately try to find evidence to support it. That's what all good investigators do, right?
 
Craig4 said:
Then why think that it might happen?
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Because it's on the news. Often when something is on the news it's about some political goal. Now 99% of all news is about ****ichima so the news about Saudi Arabia hasn't been pushed much yet.
 
Anders Lindman said:
Because it's on the news. Often when something is on the news it's about some political goal. Now 99% of all news is about ****ichima so the news about Saudi Arabia hasn't been pushed much yet.
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Turmoil in the Middle East is in the news there's nothing on the news about anyone invading Saudi Arabia.
 
Anders Lindman said:
Obama wants to secure the oil in Saudi Arabia. The only way he can do that is by military force.
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So there is a change in government in Saudi. They're not going to sell oil anymore? There are so many other natural resources there that they probably wouldn't notice the loss of income from oil sales.
 
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