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Losing
Saudis
Their threat.
By
NR Editors
From the February 11, 2002, issue of National
Review
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Arabia is reportedly considering asking America to quit its bases
there. The strategic calculations that made the U.S.-Saudi alliance
important to both sides — as a way to balance the Soviet Union
globally, and Iraq and Iran regionally — are becoming obsolete.
As those considerations have vanished or receded, the Saudis' broad
sympathy with Islamic militancy has come to the fore. If we are chased
from Saudi Arabia, it will be a stinging blow to American prestige
and provide a vindication of the Sept. 11 attacks, which were intended
primarily to remove the U.S. from the Arabian peninsula. The House
of Saud will have sided with the militants, and America will therefore
have to do all it can to overthrow it. For years, the U.S. has maintained
a presence in Saudi Arabia to prevent the massive oil fields there
from being taken over by a hostile power. Too late."
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