George W. Bush went begging to Saudi Arabia in hopes that his friends would help him with a problem.
The high cost of oil was affecting the one thing he hoped he could leave as his legacy: a strong economy. Bush and the conservatives believed his tax cuts that helped only the wealthiest Americans would benefit the entire nation.
Six years later, we’re heading for a recession with the challenge of threats of inflation due to higher commodity prices like oil. So Bush tries to butter up his friends to increase oil production to meet growing global demand. An increase supply would lower the cost of oil.
Just after Bush left, Saudi Arabia made news. It would now be legal for women stay in a hotel by themselves! Huge. Gee, what rights women are now garnering in the Islamic nation.
How sad are we that our president has to go begging for lower oil prices? What really bothers me is that the Saudis are not the idealistic democracy that Bush has been pushing in the Middle East. Woman have little rights. They can’t drive or vote. There is no freedom of religion. Oh, and they sponsor terror against Israel.
All that qualifies them for a great friend to the U.S and Israel.
But in the end, OPEC and the Saudis said no. Is anyone surprised that this nation that teaches hatred against America and Israel would say no to increased production?
What is surprising is that Bush would even think they would.
Posted by on 01/25/08 at 11:08 AM | Comments (1)Comments
Excellent Point! You are so right. Why doesn’t the average American see this?
How can our President fight a war in Iraq seeking to defeat terrorism and defending the values of democracy for the Iraqi people and yet still sit in the same room with a Saudi King and call him our ally knowing all the things you mentioned about their violations of their Woman’s human rights and their part in aiding and abetting insurgents in Iraq and then expect them to give us a break on the cost for a barrel of oil. Why should they? We have not made the accountable for anything. The Saudis can send over her their Wahabbi Sect. hate infidel material for their mosque in the United States and we don’t even do anything about that either. Then we wonder why there has been so many attempted (but thankfully foiled) terror attack since 9-11. I could go on and on but you hit the nail on the head. It’s absurd!
Posted by Barbara Bloom on 02/02/08 at 07:13 PM
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