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To: FaultLine who wrote (69547)	1/28/2003 2:12:57 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

Point taken but it for them it beats saddam out of the box any day. And they cant expect american forces to be mobilized forever or on saudi soil forever either for that matter. Saudi Royals must know that their regime must change. As i recall, they recently made some positive pronouncements about democracy. Vote for Bandar--a camel in every garage. "Thats a joke." Regards, Louie

To: FaultLine who wrote (69547)	1/28/2003 5:01:19 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi FaultLine; Re: "As we've discussed, the Saudis will be in a very tough spot if we are able to establish a functioning democracy right next door. The Saudi royal family will surely suffer from a progressive delegitimization of their claim to rule." Follow this thought to its logical consequence: "After we conquer Iraq", the Saudis, Iranians and Syrians, will all work to protect their own regimes by helping destabilize the new Iraqi regime (by supporting, or at least not helping the US against, "freedom fighters" in Iraq). And the Turks would rather not see a healthy Kurdish state (not necessarily independent, but with local rule, as a democratic Iraq would imply) either. -- Carl