http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/25/4021 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:40:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/25/4021/comment-page-1#comment-29769 John M Mon, 26 Nov 2007 18:59:31 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/25/4021#comment-29769 Not saying I agree with the approach of course. If the question is, "Who would we rather have on our side, Saudi Arabia or God?", the answer is obvious to us. But the halls of power demand compromise, and the will of God is something that is sadly easy to forget. Not saying I agree with the approach of course. If the question is, “Who would we rather have on our side, Saudi Arabia or God?”, the answer is obvious to us. But the halls of power demand compromise, and the will of God is something that is sadly easy to forget.

]]> http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/25/4021/comment-page-1#comment-29765 John M Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:51:38 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/2007/11/25/4021#comment-29765 Meryl, I think you're pretty much spot-on in your assessment that this conference is to make the US look good in Arab eyes. Our main middle-east policy concern at the moment is Iran. The more Arab states we have on our side in that mess, the better. A little chiding of Israel in front of their representatives will help quiet their streets, easing the way for their governments to take a hard line against Iran along with the US. Meryl, I think you’re pretty much spot-on in your assessment that this conference is to make the US look good in Arab eyes. Our main middle-east policy concern at the moment is Iran. The more Arab states we have on our side in that mess, the better. A little chiding of Israel in front of their representatives will help quiet their streets, easing the way for their governments to take a hard line against Iran along with the US.

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