Condaleeza Rice talks about shutting down the press in Venezuela! Look at how Bush hides information
from the American Press! The woman is a fool. Did you know that initially the Bush administration could
NOT find a copy of the Saudi Peace Plan when Crown Prince Abdullah visited the United States last week?
Can you imagine such incompetence? The Prince was so angry with the Bush administration that
I heard on tv that the Crown Prince refused to stay for W's Texas barbecue. Why wouldn't the
White House have a copy of the Crown Prince's 8 Point Plan for peace in the Middle East?
Perhaps, Condi and W were planning another coup or perhaps Rummy and Karl Rove were
drumming up business for Poppy Bush's Carlyle Group.
Here's an excerpt from article, Saudi Proposes Mideast Action Led by the U.S
which appeared in The New York Times last week.
"One senior administration official said today, "The macro
discussions are very positive, but the micro is awful." He
also suggested that Saudi Arabia's staging the meeting
with Mr. Bush as a make-or-break encounter between
frustrated allies was intended for audiences in the Arab
world, where leaders urged Abdullah to speak for them in
demanding American action.
"The Saudis wanted this to play, `We came and expressed
Arab anger,' and that is fine with us," a senior official said.
The crown prince gave the eight-point proposal to the
president Tuesday night as part of the prepared text of his
remarks so Mr. Bush would be familiar with its contents.
Instead of responding to the proposal, the White House
sent to the Saudis a "draft" joint statement for the
meeting between the two men that made no reference to
the proposals and mischaracterized the Saudi peace
initiative adopted by the Beirut summit meeting.
The Saudis were angered by the White House joint
statement, and when they protested to Mr. Powell's office,
his staff indicated they did not have a copy of the
document. Saudi officials faxed it to them, said a person
familiar with the Saudi-American negotiations this week.
When the crown prince met with Vice President Cheney
on Wednesday, an official familiar with the discussion said
"a New York fire brigade" could not have quenched the
heat of the frustration the Saudi leader expressed in the
meeting. Mr. Cheney, early the next morning, flew to
Crawford to brief Mr. Bush on the encounter before
Abdullah arrived at the president's ranch after a
50-minute ride from the Waco airport accompanied by Mr.
Powell."
Excerpt from ," Saudi Proposes Mideast Action Led by the U.S."
By PATRICK E. TYLER
nytimes.com |
