Our Great Negotiator

[sleigh]

King George is on the final leg of his Middle East grand tour. Thank god. I don't think we could afford to have him stay out there much longer.

First he went to Israel -- his first visit there since he took office: obviously he doesn't think that the Israeli/Palestinian conflict requires much presidential attention. He had the two sides sit down together, they made the expected polite noises, and as soon as King George left, they went back to provocations and killings as usual.

Then he moved on to Saudi Arabia, where he handed the Saudis lots of nice new weaponry. Gee, wonder who'll be on the receiving end of that stuff?

During a speech there, he did his best to ease Iranian tensions by gently stating "Iran is the world's leading state sponsor of terror." Such delicate diplomacy!

Finally, King George then got on bended knee and begged the Saudis to up production of oil so as to ease the prices here. The Saudi Arabian minister of petroleum and natural resources responded that Saudi Arabia "will raise production when the market justifies it" and not before.

King George did not respond by saying "Well then, that weapons deal? Forget it."

I can't wait until we have an actual foreign policy again.

Comments

[alces2.livejournal.com]

Actually I think he's just working on the oil connections for after he leaves office. At least he got to dance with a sword, hold hands with Saudi royalty and kiss a young Saudi girl on the cheek. I wonder how hard she scrubbed her face after that one. Anyway, first we have to go through a recession, increasing lay-offs and the continuing decline of the dollar.