Re: Bush Appeases Israel - Then loses oil negotiation with Saudis

BikeFan wrote:
> Joe wrote:
>> BikeFan wrote:
>>> Bush went cap in hand to his masters in Israel and then tried
>>> to strongarm the Saudis to pump more oil. Oddly, they refused.
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/16/bush.saudi.arabia/index.html
>>> I guess he's more scared of what the Federal Reserve can do to the US
>>> than Saudi.
>>>
>>
>> wrong again, but I'm sure u r used to that.  saudi's increase oil 
>> 300,000 barrels a day thanks to the greatest president in history.
> 
>> Really? Obviously you can't read very well.
>> Saudi Arabia Friday rebuffed President Bush's request to immediately 
>> pump more oil to lower record prices, saying it does not see enough 
>> demand to increase production.
>>
>>
>> President Bush walks on Friday with Saudi King Abdullah in Riyadh.
>>
>> The Saudis said they would increase production if customers demanded 
>> it, Steven Hadley, Bush's national security adviser, said.
>> Ali al-Naimi, the Saudi oil minister, on Friday said the country had 
>> increased its production by 300,000 barrels a day on May 10 in 
>> response to customer requests.
> 
> Clearly that had nothing to do with Bush.

Exactly. No wonder the GOP are so screwed when they have people
like that who feel Bush is "great". We could classify them as
idiots and institutionalize them. Probably save us money
long term.


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