George, better call dad. The family friends are starting to wonder. Fom the NYTimes, "Saudi Minister Warns U.S. Iraq May Face Disintegration" (
http://nytimes.com/2005/09/23/politics/23diplo.html?hp&ex=1127448000&en=013b9cacddbc00a1&
;ei=5094&partner=homepage#)
"Prince Saud al-Faisal, the Saudi foreign minister, said Thursday that he had been warning the Bush administration in recent days that Iraq was hurtling toward disintegration, a development that he said could drag the region into war."
Hmmm, the region into war. That won't do well at all for the gas crisis, let alone poll numbers.
"Prince Saud's statements, some of the most pessimistic public comments on Iraq by a Middle Eastern leader in recent months, were in stark contrast to the generally upbeat assessments that the White House and the Pentagon have been offering." (Karl, quick, get me another hurricane!)
What's happened to all that political capital George thought he had back in January? Don't hear much about social security these days. And now, maybe gonna lose those permanent tax breaks. Hey, but at least everyone's distracted from remembering the crap pulled on Medicare. That's gotta be considered a good thing, right?
But wait, George tries this again: "To leave Iraq now would be to repeat the costly mistakes of the past that led to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001," he said. Mr. Bush said that if the United States left Iraq now, it could turn into a haven for terrorists, as Afghanistan was before the fall of the Taliban.
Whaaa! Before the Taliban? Isn't there still a problem with terrorists, like some dude name of Osama? And what's he mean, turn into a haven. Shit, he's already laid out the welcome mat!
"The prince said he served on a council of Iraq's neighboring countries - Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Iran and Kuwait as well as Saudi Arabia - "and the main worry of all the neighbors" was that the potential disintegration of Iraq into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish states would "bring other countries in the region into the conflict." Hey George, break out the marshmallows. It's time to party!