VolMagic on May 18, 2008 at 8:57 PM

ME Countries that Like Us:
Israel

I think a few others like Jordan and UAE don’t absolutely hate us.

Though, are we talking about countries whose governments are friendly with the U.S. or whose people are friendly with the U.S.?

If we’re talking people instead of governments, I think we’ve got Israel and that’s it.

So what’s next? Car bombs in Amman and Cairo?

Zorro on May 18, 2008 at 7:08 PM

Possibly, a lot of folks forget that Ossama’s two primary hatreds were not only us, but also the House of Saud, and that’s a group of scumbags that contains active supporters of his wahabbist worldview, so what could possibly innoculate anyone from Capatain Caveman’s wrath? AQ tried to off Musharaff, even after he was kind enough to give them and the Taliban refuge and a wink and a nod regarding thier activities in the region. Doesn’t seem like gratitude to me, but maybe it’s a cultural thing, I dunno.

Point is, if he’s willing to target the world’s foremost exporters of millitant Islamic thought (The Saudis) and the only guy on Earth who was willing to provide him sanctuary after he had to lam in the wake of a NATO combined force, I wouldn’t put it past him to add the Jordanian royals, or the Mubarak, Assad, or Ghadafi regimes to his hit list.

One thing’s for sure though: if he’s going to start sending AQs to those places, he better send them with cyanide capsules in the event of capture, because the regimes in those countries think waterboarding is for sissies. To them, it’s not an interrogation session without a Sears DieHard and a pair of vice grips.

Does anyone have a list of ME countries that genuienly like the U.S. and are our allies?

VolMagic on May 18, 2008 at 8:57 PM

Israel.

One time a lefty told me the reason the US is big buddies with Israel and not with any of the other ME countries.

Racism: Jews are white, the rest of the ME is brown.

I laughed, I cried, and then tried to explain “Semite.” I’m pretty sure it bounced right off him. And this guy had a collidge degree.

Somebody oughta kill this down clown.

Does anyone have a list of ME countries that genuienly like the U.S. and are our allies?
VolMagic on May 18, 2008 at 8:57 PM

I don’t think there are any that actually likes us. A few, like Kuwait, Dubai / UAE, Jordan don’t hate us quite as much as the rest.

According to the Democrats…. EVERYONE hates us.

It’s a good typical democrat talking point

Whoa, Osama’s not giving up his endorsement too quickly! He wants to see if Hillary’s going to pull something at the convention before he commits to a candidate. He’s gonna play it cool like most of the other super delegates.

clancy_wiggum on May 18, 2008 at 10:07 PM

LOL … I hadn’t thought of that, that’s it…. no doubt. Besides, the Democrats have been known to throw a little money your way for a big name endorsement, so it makes sense. Osama’s not as dumb as I thought.

The rest of the Arab world doesn’t really want a resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It gives the leaders a convenient issue to misdirect the ire of their subjects in order to keep them from focusing on the true source of their misery, ie, the kleptocrats and the mullahcrats themselves. To that extent, Osama has at least some truth in this message, but if it took him this long to figure it out, he’s more of a dolt than anyone believed.

I agree with this. With the exception of Iran and Syria the Middle East states have made their peace with Israel in private or public. Iran and Syria use the Palestinian as proxy against Israel with some Middle East states hopping the conflict won’t end anytime soon.

Whoa, Osama’s not giving up his endorsement too quickly! He wants to see if Hillary’s going to pull something at the convention before he commits to a candidate. He’s gonna play it cool like most of the other super delegates.

AZCON on May 18, 2008 at 9:37 PM

But he didn’t say anything about bitterly clinging to religion.

…but if it took him this long to figure it out, he’s more of a dolt than anyone believed.

Nah. Read al Qaeda’s writings — he (and the Egyptians who dominate al Qaeda) have been saying stuff like this for years. They hate the secular Islamic rulers as much as they hate the Jews and the West.

Oh, heck. They just hate everyone. :)

And,I thought that Arabs were considered 2nd
class citizens by Iranians!

If its true,don’t let the Liberals find out!

According to Ha’aretz:

Egypt’s state-owned press opened fire Saturday on U.S. President George W. Bush as he arrived for talks with regional leaders at the conclusion of a five-day Mideast tour.

The newspapers, whose management are all appointed by the government, criticized Bush’s speech Thursday in front of the Israeli Knesset for being overly supportive of the Israelis and not mentioning the Palestinians’ plight.

“The Torah-inspired speech of Bush raised question marks over the credibility of the U.S. role in the Middle East,” wrote Mursi Atallah, the publisher of Al-Ahram, the flagship daily of the state-owned press. “Bush aims to do nothing but appeasing Israel.”

Bush’s tour, which included stops in Israel and Saudi Arabia, represents another effort to push Mideast peace talks forward as his time in office winds down.

And then there’s this:

Akhbar Al-Youm also on Saturday published a picture of Bush hugging Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and captioned it “lovers”.

Is it like Pakistan in that what we are dealing with is bad but the alternative is worse?

Does anyone have a list of ME countries that genuienly like the U.S. and are our allies?

If a dead man can whistle that is….

ScottG on May 18, 2008 at 7:43 PM

That is the real story.