{"id":1921,"date":"2007-01-17T06:26:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-17T06:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/saudis-prepared-to-send-in-tro.html"},"modified":"2007-01-17T06:26:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-17T06:26:00","slug":"saudis-prepared-to-send-in-tro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/01\/saudis-prepared-to-send-in-tro.html","title":{"rendered":"Saudis prepared to send in troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

What side do you think they will be fighting on<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia believes the Iraqi government is not up to the challenge and has told the United States that it is prepared to move its own forces into Iraq should the violence there degenerate into chaos, a senior U.S. official told NBC News on Tuesday.
\nSaudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal made no effort to mask his skepticism Tuesday about President Bush’s proposal to send 21,000 more U.S. troops to Iraq to stem sectarian fighting.
\n“We agree with the full objectives set by the new plan,” Saud said at a joint news conference in Riyadh with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is traveling in the region selling Bush’s plan. “We are hoping these objectives can be accomplished, but the means are not in our hands. They are in the hands of the Iraqis themselves.”
\nIn fact, Saudi leaders are privately “deeply skeptical” that the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki could implement the U.S. plan, the senior U.S. official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell, who is traveling with Rice.
\nThe Saudi government has signaled in the past that it would oppose an early withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq, fearing it would leave minority Sunni Muslims at the mercy of Shiite Muslim militias.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Man! It’s a sad day when the Saudis have to do a job that the American military can’t do. I doubt they are up to the challenge. I think if Saudi got involved you would have quite a civil war on your hands between Shia and Sunni. If we would allow our men to engage the enemy, we wouldn’t have this problem (that’s according to the men over there, btw)<\/p>\n

Tags: Saudi Arabia<\/a>, Iraq<\/a>, war<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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