Our fair weathered Saudi friend - Opinion, Caroline Glick

[TomSea]

Our fair weathered Saudi friend
For now, we have a Saudi ally in the young crown prince. So long as no one in Israel loses his head, and no one in Saudi Arabia exploits the alliance to chop off Muhammad’s head.
By Caroline B. Glick
April 4, 2018 20:05

Have we entered a new period of sweetness and light with our Arab neighbors? On Monday The Atlantic published an interview the magazine’s editor Jeffrey Goldberg conducted with Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.

Hours after its publication, the responses began pouring in.

The basic line, repeated by all major newspapers, is that the Saudi crown prince recognized Israel’s right to exist. Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt gushed about it on his Twitter feed.

Read more at: http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Our-fair-weathered-Saudi-friend-547933

Then, in a few paragraphs down, she mentions that Muslim concept of "taqiyah" (you can fool people if it is for the greater good of Islam is the way I see it), could the Prince be pulling the wool over our eyes? I think Glick is usually wrong in my view, if I remember her point of view; but it's still worth considering.

[truth_seeker]

Then, in a few paragraphs down, she mentions that Muslim concept of "taqiyah" (you can fool people if it is for the greater good of Islam is the way I see it), could the Prince be pulling the wool over our eyes? I think Glick is usually wrong in my view, if I remember her point of view; but it's still worth considering.

Flat out tell the Saudi dude, we will "trust but verify." And then do so.

[LauraTXNM]

Flat out tell the Saudi dude, we will "trust but verify." And then do so.

@truth_seeker  That makes sense to me.  I think a Saudi-Israeli rapprochement could be really positive.  I'm just not sure how they could possibly deal with the Wahhabi backlash.

[truth_seeker]

@truth_seeker  That makes sense to me.  I think a Saudi-Israeli rapprochement could be really positive.  I'm just not sure how they could possibly deal with the Wahhabi backlash.

You never know with muslims.  I learned their word taqqiya in 1979. They respond to strength.

Iran released our hostages the very day Reagan was inaugurated.

OTOH they laugh behind their backs, at weak appeasers like Carter and Obama. 

[LauraTXNM]

You never know with muslims.  I learned their word taqqiya in 1979. They respond to strength.

Iran released our hostages the very day Reagan was inaugurated.

OTOH they laugh behind their backs, at weak appeasers like Carter and Obama.

@truth_seeker  You inspired me ;) to do some rereading about the hostage negotiations during the run up to the 1980 election.  I was a kid at the time, but I never realized the Iranians were negotiating with both the Carter and Reagan camps!  I also can't even imagine a time when Israel would have wanted to sell weapons to Iran -- wow, have times changed! 

[Fishrrman]

truth_seeker wrote:
"Flat out tell the Saudi dude, we will "trust but verify." And then do so."

No.
Never trust a muslim.
If you do, you will eventually pay a price for having done so.