From AP: "Saudi Arabia criticizes Hizbullah"
In a significant move, Saudi Arabia, the Arab world's political heavyweight and economic powerhouse, accused Hizbullah guerrillas - without naming them - of "uncalculated adventures" that could precipitate a new Middle East crisis.
A Saudi official quoted by the state Saudi Press Agency said the Lebanese Hizbullah's brazen capture of two Israeli soldiers was not legitimate.
The kingdom "clearly announces that there has to be a differentiation between legitimate resistance (to Israel) and uncalculated adventures."
Got it. Calculated adventures only.
The Saudi official said Hizbullah's actions could lead to "an extremely serious situation which could subject all Arab nations and its achievements to destruction."
In other words, the Fast Jihad moved a little too fast, and thus actually provoked a decisive response.
"The kingdom sees that it is time for those elements to alone shoulder the full responsibility for this irresponsible behavior and that the burden of ending the crisis falls on them alone."
Saudi Arabia's comments on the crisis came after most moderate Arab governments reacted with relative restraint to Israel's offensive in Lebanon, condemning attacks on civilians and infrastructure but also implicitly criticizing Hizbullah.
Sounds to me like the ruling family is a tad scared they may lose something. Like maybe lifestyle, oil wells.......interrupt their sex lives.
"The Saudi official said Hizbullah's actions could lead to "an extremely serious situation which could subject all Arab nations and its achievements to destruction.""
This is a very odd thing to say; how might Hizbullah's action threaten all Arab nations with destruction? Is Saudi Arabia worried about a WMD attack from Hizbullah or Syria or both? And would it matter in the fog of war?
'...subject all Arab nations and its achievements to destruction.'
Sounds like they're spooked. But, are the Saudi's worried about Arab nations or the family kingdom?
"uncalculated adventures"
Did you not anticipate that the infidels might hit back hard ? Should have thought of it.
Isreal has been mowing the weeds for far too long now - time to do a major uprooting or apply liberal amounts of extra-strength weeed killer.
"...Arab nations and its achievements"
???
LOL..
Build those skyscrapers high and still higher in Dubai and Bahrain, in Jiddah and Riyadh, in Abu Dhabi and Kuwait City. When there are no skycrapers and expensive infrastructure to hit, that makes things more difficult for Western bombs and missiles. Pour more money, hundreds of billions, into all that stuff. And when those despots -- the Al-Saud or Al-Maktoum or Al-Thani or Al-Sabah or Al-whateveryouwant -- squirrel money abroad in illiquid assets, that is not to be deplored. In Dar al-Islam, more things to level. In Dar al-Harb, more assets to seize. As the case requires.
Wherever OPEC revenues are turned into a building anywhere in Dar al-Islam, in the Persian Gulf, encourage the builders to listen to Salinger and Sappho:
Raise high the roof beam, carpenters!
But it won't be the bridegroom who will eventually be coming. No. It will be a surprise.
Isn't Hizbullah a shia organization. Why should we be bothered if Sunni Saudis criticize Shia Lebanese Terrorists. Isn't that what they are supposed to do?
thehindu is right. Is Saudi Arabia likely to support the Rafidite dogs?
Infidel Pride,
By the 'achievements' of arabs, they mean the territories seized by it, the one that is close to destruction is gaza. And they would rather have shia have some land adjacant to them rather than Israel. (gaza is not shia, but the example is valid).
The Saudi’s hate the Jews just as much as the rest of the muslims but they also don’t want to become part of a greater Persian Shia caliphate. So they are biting down hard on their fresh shit sandwich and towing the American line (for once). So we have finally learned a lesson. If we want the Saudis to do something we have to keep them occupied with threats from bordering nations. I have long been an advocate of fostering a Sunni / Shia war. Muslims are desperate to kill. They say we love Pepsi and they love death. Then let them die fighting each other.
"Arab Nations and it's Achievements"
Apart from the appaling grammar (Par for the course for Muslims) , what achievements would those be , exactly ?
The sum total of Arab contributions to the commonwealth of human endeavour has been ZERO , hence there is nothing that would be lost.
Time to uhitch these freeloaders once-and-for-all.
The house of Saud deals from the bottom of the deck. Historically they have funded various Islamic groups (most of them having terrorist intentions). The house of Saud speaks as if they wish to discourgage terrorist activities ,yet, their activities speak otherwise.
The house of Saud has been playing the Western for fools for much too long.
Should real conflict occur in Saudia Arabia, they would fall quickly.
I don't know but that in a way the Saudis may be happy to see the hated Shias of Iran, their Lebanese-based Hezbollah proxies and Alawite Syria overplay their hands and get their collective asses kicked. Oil prices are bound to go up, and the ultimate target, Hugh, won't be Saudi Arabia or the other gulf states who are more-or-less confining themselves to UN resolutions condemning Israel's agression, but their hated Shia rivals in Tehran.
the Saudis have promoted their cult, now they will find that the people they push into suicide killer belts will turn on them.that is their greatest fear. the old Bible saying, you reap what you sow.
One of the greatest fears Saudi has would be the fear that their vast fuel depot areas would become targets of bombers. They have already had some incidents where they were fortunate to stop bombers in these areas.
Did you ever see one of the Fuel storgage areas on fire. IT could take two months just to put out one fire.
A few well placed explosives and the pipe lines are history.
Saudia Arabia without fuel to export is a penniless third world country. They have virtually nothing else to offer.
I would not rule out the terrorists placing mines it the shipping routes for the oil tankers.
The terrorists have done this before. Had the US Navy not cleared the mines, Saudia Arabia would have collapsed easily.
The Saudia Arabia security forces occasionally has a shootout with a few bombers, but it is the US intelligence organizations who provide the information they use.
The Saudia Arabia military is for show only, they would not be able to punch themselves out of a wet paper bag.
Saudia Arabia is ripe for terrorist activity.
The Saudia Arabia military is for show only, they would not be able to punch themselves out of a wet paper bag.
I suspect they are using a proxy
bin laden
YES,
"I suspect they are using a proxy"
Use people to do your dirty work--The Muslim way.
its not just the muslim world that hates the jewish people it wasnt all that long ago the arian christian brotherhood of europe looked to eliminate them from the planet as did the romans and the egyptians and if america really loved you why wasnt zion established on one of its vast expanses? As for the achievements of the Arab world lol irrigation, mathematics, science, architecture etc. etc. This hatred is riddiculus the christians worship a jew and muslims worship from a book that quotes jewish prophets and speaks of the same god. so if all worship the same god and we are all sons and daughters of the prophet Abram,Abraham,Ibrahim, why the hatred? tribalistic bollocks. The truth is religion has perverted the truth of the original word which was essentially religious communism against hierarchical God systems of the past. As for the Saudis comments it matters not they will support Hammas as Syria and Iran will Hisbullah the Jews will never know peace.
what is scary is how as the pedofile victim often becomes the pedophile in later life. So has the israeli state become the storm troopers knocking down doors in the ghettos leveling neighbourhoods of the week. Then saying why do these people hate us? hell if they hate us lets just kill them all!! even the women and kids so no more of those hateful bastards are born! It never works. We are smater than that we cracked the atom sent man to space yet we cannot figure out how to live in peace. we are keen to descend into a war with region wide and possibly worldwide rammifications. its only been 50 years lol. Fear leads Hate Hate leads to Anger etc...