Wednesday, May 9, 2007

"Cheney and the Saudis"

"The heart of the U.S.-Saudi alliance is a new effort to combat Iran and its proxies in the Arab world. This began after last summer's war in Lebanon between Israel and the Iranian-backed Shiite militia, Hezbollah. Working closely with the United States, the Saudis began pumping money to Lebanese Sunni, Christian and Druze political groups that could counter Hezbollah's influence... The Saudis support the (US's) new effort, ... by Rice, to seek Syrian help in stabilizing Iraq... began moving to ease tensions with Syria at the March Arab League summit..."

Read the Full WaPo opinion here.

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