By Sue Pleming
Wed Apr 16, 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is hopeful Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations will offer diplomatic and financial help to Iraq at a conference of its neighbors next week, said a senior U.S. official on Wednesday.
Any chance we've done any prep work with the Saudis and others to maybe give hope a chance?
Well...
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker and the top U.S. commander there, Army Gen. David Petraeus, visited Saudi Arabia on Monday to urge Riyadh to do more in Iraq and the senior U.S. official said there may be an announcement at a ministerial-level conference of Iraq's neighbors and other major powers in Kuwait on April 22.On Monday? How long has this conference been on the books?
"I think Crocker and Petraeus are very persuasive fellows ... There may be an announcement at the meeting. It is possible," said the official, who spoke on condition he was not named.
A foreign-policy based only on hope, absent any positive actions to achieve our goals, is simply pathetic. But sadly, typical of W's brilliant leadership.
Cheney was in the region not too long ago. Did he talk up Saudi-led assistance when he had the chance?... or was he just begging for cheaper oil?
How 'bout Condi?... nevermind.
We continue to hope, never to plan. Never to prepare the ground for success. I bet W's one heck of a gardener! (Just out of curiosity: does W actually produce anything on his Crawford ranch?)
Stop the madness!
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