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Bush is with America' enemies; many are close personal friends of the Bush family

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Submitted by Steve Klein (United States), Nov 15, 2007 at 09:56

This is no big surprise. In 1987, Saudi banking mogul, Khalid bin Mahfouz, along with the Bank of Credit and Commerce (BCCI -- look it up) rescued young George W. Bush from a failing Texas oil company known as Harken Energy. Bush got a wonderful deal for his failing stock from Saudi Wahhabi princes.

The Carlyle Group is a Washington, D.C. based global private equity investment firm with more than $75.6 billion of equity capital under management.

George Herbert Walker Bush (Bush Sr.) is Carlyle Group senior advisor. Former Secretary of State James Baker III is the group's senior counsel. Other notables are involved in the Carlyle Group.

According to sources, some of the sectors and companies in which Carlyle invests are highly sensitive to political activity; indeed, its actions may be viewed as a form of political arbitrage ("riskless profit"). This may create conflicts of interest when political decision makers have their own personal wealth linked to such investments.

Saudi Arabian interests are reputed to have given $1.4 billion to firms connected to the Bush family.

The Saudi Arabian relatives of Osama bin Laden were also investors in Carlyle until October 2001 when the family sold its $2.02 million investment back to the firm in light of the public controversy surrounding bin Laden's family after the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001.

According to Elsa Walsh, the New Yorker, President Bush promised August 2001 -- in a two page letter to then Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz -- he would work to establish a Palestinian (no doubt, terrorist) state in the Holy Land. Abdullah played a little brinkmanship with Bush. Bush blinked.

Only days after the September 11, 2001 atrocities (which was essentially a Saudi job) Bush made his "vision" of a Palestinian terrorist state public. Early October 2001, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon protested, pleading with Bush to not sacrifice Israel for a convenient temporary solution; to not appease the Arabs at Israel's expense; to not repeat the dreadful mistakes that were made at Munich 1938, when the great powers sacrificed Czechoslovakia to the Nazis. After a couple of stern phone calls from Secretary of State Colin Powell, the politically weak Sharon was quickly brought back in line.

Mr. Bush meets, holds hands with, prays with, kisses, etc., members of what are known as the Saudi Wahhabi lobby. Several of these men, it turns out, are on the FBI watch-list because they actively support the global jihad. Former University of South Florida (convicted Palestinian Islamic Jihadist) professor Sami Al-Araian was a strong supporter of then candidate Bush. Bush family has many Muslim friends with questionable loyalties. Former Saudi Ambassador to Washington, Prince Bandar was / is a close Bush family friend. Bandar and his wife Haifa gave approximately $130,000 through a Saudi conduit to two of the September hijackers.

Bush calls arch-terrorist / Holocaust denier, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, "a man dedicated to peace." Mr. Bush is seeking to establish a Palestinian terrorist state in the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza at the upcoming Annapolis conference, late November or early December. George W. Bush is selling-out America's only reliable ally in the Middle East, plain and simple. Make no mistake about it.

There is no question, this Palestinian state will be fully dedicated to the annihilation of what remains of the Jewish state. Mr. Bush has many Arab friends. Bush has many Muslim friends. U.S. security and our ally Israel's security is not a priority with Bush. It would appear the free-flow of oil from the Middle East is a priority and whatever it takes to appease these nations -- especially Saudi Arabia -- for Bush is indeed a first priority, regardless of the cost in terms of innocent human lives.

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The confluence of nuclear terrorism and the Islamic agenda [918 words]Narine SinghDec 31, 2007 20:24117248
Condi Co-Opted By America's Permanent Foreign Policy Establishment [PFPE] ; She No Longer Represents or Defends The Sound, Rational Positions That Got Bush Elected. [285 words]marianaDec 3, 2007 14:53115646
The Marlboro Element [102 words]HarrakNov 20, 2007 01:21114078
So What? [74 words]another infidelNov 21, 2007 01:54114078
The other infidel`s damn dam [329 words]HaryNov 21, 2007 23:28114078
small correction [55 words]HarraKNov 23, 2007 09:58114078
Harrakaneese Spokesman?! [136 words]another infidelNov 28, 2007 05:03114078
Bush doesn't get it [33 words]InfidelNov 19, 2007 21:42114063
The homeless freedom fighters [104 words]HarraKNov 22, 2007 23:27114063
Agenda [97 words]donvanNov 23, 2007 12:02114063
Conspiracy theory of Media Agenda [75 words]HarrakNov 23, 2007 21:06114063
In order to avoid underhanded dealing... [18 words]Archimedes2Nov 17, 2007 23:43113930
If We Level Charges Against Iran, Then We Expose America to Similar Charges [59 words]Geoffrey SherwoodNov 17, 2007 12:31113924
Huge Difference [86 words]YnnatchkahNov 19, 2007 02:37113924
Response to Ynnatchkah [144 words]Geoffrey SherwoodNov 19, 2007 21:27113924
When the Evil of Terrorism is Lost in the Moral Debate of It, the Fight is Lost. [566 words]M. ToveyNov 20, 2007 21:34113924
Response to M. Tovey [332 words]Geoffrey SherwoodNov 23, 2007 00:29113924
Moral Guidance Response - Looking for an Answer [211 words]M. ToveyNov 24, 2007 14:56113924
Islamomyth.... [132 words]donvanNov 26, 2007 10:00113924
Musharraf and Pakistan have fooled Washington Maximum - 10 Billion Dollars and Counting, Much of It Will Boost Islamism [574 words]SinghaNov 17, 2007 01:27113915
Singha understands Islam better than most people [55 words]InfidelNov 19, 2007 20:20113915
SINGHA WAS ON THE MONEY, but didn't scratch the surface of the issues. [1320 words]HILDA E. DAVISJan 11, 2008 14:52113915
Yes they have made fool [103 words]amin b nagpureDec 15, 2008 14:20113915
Amicus curiae: friend of the court? Which court? [142 words]jennifer solisNov 16, 2007 16:39113898
American justice is too soft on terrorists [209 words]MauriceNov 16, 2007 11:57113862
The poison spreads [55 words]David W. LincolnNov 15, 2007 23:58113825
Send them all back [108 words]BarbaraNov 23, 2007 23:58113825
The immorality is far worse than failing to coinfiscate funds from these monsters. [90 words]Ralph C Whaley MDNov 15, 2007 20:39113819
Washington Protects the Terror Masters [146 words]M.D. AnthonyNov 15, 2007 17:17113808
See Comment to Hadida [18 words]kosowerNov 16, 2007 14:30113808
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sad conclusion [106 words]Rebecca MouldsNov 16, 2007 16:39113807
Rebecca, 1 Tim 6:10 [118 words]InfidelNov 19, 2007 20:55113807
inimicus curiae [127 words]Rebecca MouldsNov 15, 2007 16:59113806
the academy strikes again... [96 words]donvanNov 16, 2007 12:44113806
The foolish and the insane. [142 words]MarciNov 15, 2007 16:27113803
Loss of Liberty and Injustice for All [403 words]M. ToveyNov 15, 2007 15:40113802
It is the same the whole world over [64 words]NessieNov 25, 2007 10:03113802
Remember, our "Conservative" president has worked against us consistently [150 words]Charles MartelNov 15, 2007 12:50113784
What is the Government's Stated Reason For So Acting? [18 words]david l thomsonNov 15, 2007 12:09113782
The Answer is Simple [76 words]BlackspeareNov 16, 2007 20:44113782
as enemy or as friend [136 words]G.VishvasNov 15, 2007 12:07113781
reply [415 words]shaynaNov 20, 2007 17:22113781
Not surprising [191 words]GWNov 15, 2007 11:02113779
Sleeping With Terrorists [412 words]John R. PeacherNov 15, 2007 11:00113778
Some elements in the American government still have hope [619 words]Ken BesigNov 15, 2007 10:31113776
If the USA cannot handle terror in their courts they should stop trying to claim that they are fighting world terror [81 words]david oshenNov 15, 2007 10:04113773
Bush is with America' enemies; many are close personal friends of the Bush family [627 words]Steve KleinNov 15, 2007 09:56113772
Yes, our President is personal friends with many of our worst Moslem enemies [186 words]Charles MartelNov 16, 2007 11:40113772
basic american intelligence [204 words]rajan guptaNov 17, 2007 14:07113772
re: basic american intelligence [98 words]Henry Davis - AustraliaNov 29, 2007 06:10113772

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