King Abdullah parroting the Democrats

Cross posted from Right Truth

The Arab League Summit has some interesting comments to share. The king of Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah, condemned the presence of American forces in Iraq as an "illegitimate foreign occupation". Abdullah goes against the United States wishes on Hamas saying the withholding of aid to Palestinians should end.

King Abdullah invited President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to Riyadh earlier this month while the Americans want him shunned. And in trying to settle the tensions in Lebanon, the Saudis seem willing to negotiate with Iran.

Last week, the Saudi king abruptly canceled his appearance at an April White House dinner planned in his honor, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The official reason given for the cancellation was a scheduling conflict. NYT

Never In Our Names has this:

An Egyptian Proposal for an Arab League version of NATO - Already in Progress

Same story, different vendor says Arab summit to consider plan for closer military cooperation, this proposal compliments of Egypt and backed by Saudi Arabia. (The two countries are longstanding rivals that have fought in the past. This is a big deal.) [snip]

UAE Refuses To Be Launching Pad Versus Iran

Elsewhere, the United Arab Emirates declared We're not going to be a launching pad for any attack on Iran:

NION has much more, go read it all.

The Astute Blogger clarifies the situation:

FIRST, the occupation by the USA of Iraq is legal and UN sanctioned - more than that, the USA has a legal RESPONSIBILITY to stay in Iraq because of both a UN mandate and the mandate of the duly elected constitutional government of the Republic of Iraq. The King can kiss my ass on this charge.

SECOND, the boycott of the Palestinian government is correct because Hamas refuses to accept ANY of the negotiated deals between Israel and the Arabs: not Oslo, not Wye, not the Roadmap. Recognizing the PA with Hamas in charge would be tantamount to agreeing that Israel - a full member of the UN - has no right to exist.

THIRD, if the King wants to support Iran and Ahmadinejad, then he cannot really be for an end to sectarian violence in Iraq - (WHICH REMINDS ME: Muslims in Iraq have killed MORE MUSLIMS since 2004 than Israel has killed Arabs since 1948. SO if the King REALLY wanted to protect Muslims he should be doing more to squash Sunni-Shia internecine terror than he has to date. That should be REAL EASY: TO DATE, HE AND SAUDI ARABIA HAVE DONE DIDDLY-SQUAT).

This little speech by King Abdullah fully exposes the irrational, ignorant, ant-Semitic, anti-West position of the Kingdom. THEY ARE NO MORE AN ALLY THAN PUTIN, AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH.

Yep, King Abdullah is quoting Democrats isn't he? This illegal war? Democrats turn up the heat on Bush over Iraq, urging Bush not to veto their pork barrell bill ... uh, I mean financial support for the troops bill ...

On Iran and the British troops, The New York Sun says, ... And Prepare To Use Your Guns

So if Mr. Blair wants Mr. Bush's support, he needs to take a tougher lead himself. Americans admire courage, and Mr. Blair has already proved that he is a brave man. It would help if Mr. Blair made clear that the rules of engagement will change so that British forces are no longer obliged to surrender without a fight.

When Hezbollah crossed the Lebanese border to take hostages in Israel last summer, the Israelis resisted fiercely and several of the unit soldiers were killed. Israel treated the incident as the act of war that it was, and Israeli forces received full American support to go after Hezbollah. The former U.N. ambassador, John Bolton, told a shocked BBC interviewer last week: "I'm damn proud of what we did."

If the British want their hostages to get sympathy in America, they need to start behaving less like Europeans and more like Israelis. There is no point in gunboat diplomacy if you aren't prepared to use your guns.

Blair has asked for assistance from the United Nations. Lot's of luck there, Tony.