Perle-Frum -- Intellectually Dishonest? or Stark Raving Mad?

..."The involvement of Saudi citizens in 9/11 and revelations about Saudi financing of extremist groups has made policy toward the kingdom a campaign issue," the two write in an oped from today's New York Times. "Both Senator Kerry and Senator Edwards acknowledge that the Saudi government has condoned — or perhaps worse — extremist activities against the United States. Both senators have said in speeches that they want to rethink the relationship with the Saudis. But that's where they stop. They have given us no inkling of what a new relationship with the Saudis would look like."

--Ah, and what have the Wahabi-behind-kissing Bush and Cheney done about Saudi Arabia? Could any administration have done more to prop up the Saudis than Bush (save for Bush I and his administration)? Remember the Bush administration's censoring of the 28 pages of the 911 report which dealt with Saudi financing of Wahabi terrorism? Bush's consistent refusal to name Saudi Arabia among those regimes aiding and abetting terror? Perle and Frum are outrageous if they think the burden is on the Democratic presidential candidates to answer how the US relationship with Saudi Arabia should change. Why isn't their oped asking this question of their political comrades, Bush and Cheney?

Posted by Laura at January 21, 2004 09:08 AM