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To: SilentZ who wrote (143905)	4/5/2002 5:47:48 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580019

>Z, that's funny. The Saudis are capitalists of the first order. They are limiting oil exports because crude fell to $18 per barrel a few months ago. At that price, the Saudis could not afford to maintain their mansions, harems and BWMer 7 series and Mercedes 500s, etc. >And it is free trade.......there are countries outside of OPEC such as Russia and Norway that can and do buck OPEC's decisions re oil production and export. I'm not talking about when they raise prices because of market conditions- I'm talking about when they raise them because of our support of Israel, a situation they serve to exacerbate. Z, when do they do that? As far as I can tell, they raise them when the world is expanding economically, and contract them when the world is entering a recession. Seems to me they are just being good capitalists. >Private Saudi citizens may pay suicide bombers but I have yet to see evidence that their national gov't is providing money to these people. You don't watch enough TV news, methinks... Maybe I don't watch enough Maher. >The official position of the Saudi gov't has been to develop and promote a peace plan that will bring an end to the fighting between Israel and Palestine. As I said earlier, it's a sham of a plan which is being used to vilify Israel. Its a plan from which to start; a plan that will hopefully normalize relations between Israel and its neighbors. With the exception of the "fair solution", I think most of its deal points are negotiable. What do you find objectionable besides the "fair solution"? ted -Z