Comments on: Sealing Saudi

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:53:59 +0000

This was actually awarded a year ago, and they have been negotiating the T&Cs since. There have been similar contracts for the last twenty years — US version, under FMS, has been called “Peace Shield”.

By: Zane

Zane — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:58:28 +0000

Skippy, you’re probably closest so far. We’ve been asking the KSA for years to get a grip on that border, but so long as we were there the most the KSA would do is ask us for money to subsidize any proposed border controls. Talk about chutzpah! Now that we’re leaving they suddenly find the cash.

Don’t forget the southern “border,” though, where every week a division’s worth of ordnance is smuggled across the sands. Too much of it has been used to target the royal family already, so yes, good fences and all that.

By: Skippy-san

Skippy-san — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:46:57 +0000

Its for when Iraq renounces any pretense of caring about the Sunni minority. And becomes a Shite country.

By: JumpnJim

JumpnJim — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:46:38 +0000

How about keeping the Saudis in once Iraq becomes a better place to live.

By: SteveC

SteveC — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:09:34 +0000

How about we hire them to seal our southern border? Or better yet, let’s up the ante in their deal with the Saudi’s and have them build a fence to keep all the Saudi’s inside? Better for us.