Hasn't Bandar gotten old...and fat? He must be terribly frustrated that he doesn't have his pushover relationship with Porgie to fall back on, anymore, I'm guessing.




Bottom line: Bandar ain't the boss of Saud--he very well might be shooting off his attitudinal mouth.

He just doesn't "own the road" like he used to back when he was Saudi Ambassador to USA.

If McCain or rMoney had made it into the WH, life would be so much easier for him, but alas, the Democratic ticket won, and he doesn't get younger with the years!

Damn the bad luck for poor little Bandar Bush....

22 HRs ago World
Spy Chief Distances Saudis From U.S.
Prince Bandar's Move Raises Tensions Over Policies in Syria, Iran and Egypt

Saudi Arabia's intelligence chief told European diplomats that he plans to scale back cooperating with the U.S. to arm and train Syria rebels in protest of Washington's policy in the region.http://stream.wsj.com/story/latest-headlines/SS-2-63399/SS-2-360028/

No one is going to do for them the way the US has, ( weapons ) even without a Republican..they know that
and they'll as you say, get over it.

I find the fact that they spent tons of money to get a seat at the UNSC and now refuse it claiming they're
too principled to the cause of the Palestinians....which is bullshit. If they had accepted they could
have been a voice of reform but that would have meant being confronted with their own horrific human rights abuses.


I guess they believe their own PR but who else does? snip* With the current continuation of the Palestinian cause without a just and lasting solution for 65 years, which resulted in several wars threatened international peace and security is irrefutable evidence and proof of the Security Council's inability to carry out its duties and assume its responsibilities.

The failure of the Security Council to make the Middle East a free zone of all weapons of mass destruction, whether because of its inability to subdue the nuclear programs of all countries in the region, without exception, to the international control and inspection or to prevent any country in the region from possessing nuclear weapons, is another irrefutable evidence and proof of its inability to carry out its duties and hold its responsibilities.

Allowing the ruling regime in Syria to kill and burn its people by the chemical weapons, while the world stands idly, without applying deterrent sanctions against Damascus regime, is also irrefutable evidence and proof of the inability of the Security Council to carry out its duties and responsibilities.
http://www.saudiembassy.net/press-releases/press10181301.aspx

Get rid of al-Assad (and his cretinous brothers), leave the two vice presidents to share power, and send in the UN blue helmets as "overseers" to tamp down the drama and get everyone back to equilibrium.

Then figure out what kind of election process they want to have, and, in due course, go for it.

The Saudis are always very cautious about what side they butter their bread on--and they're very careful to not drop the toast, too!