Saudi king warns of terrorist threat to Europe, U.S.

Its coming to us some day soon.

What would help is if Saudi Arabia would add some skin in the game. Maybe those "extremists" to be would see ISIS went to far. Time to disconnect them.

One wonders why the US President bows to this "King" and refers to him as Your Majesty.

Common decency between rulers of nations. It wouldn't be appropriate for world leaders who don't like America to meet Obama and call him blackie, and refuse to shake his hand. When countries have problems with each other, they are dealt with in other ways.

One wonders why the US President bows to this "King" and refers to him as Your Majesty.

He's an idiot, that's why. No US President should bow before anyone, the more I see it, the more it just chaps my... Anyway, 872 more days until this joker is gone.

@mark

But the left think ISIS is just a figment of the imagination. Awww, just leave them alone and they will like us and become friends with us and Europe and they will stop cutting off peoples heads. It's our fault that ISIS is out of control, it was Bush's fault and Reagan's fault and Nixon's fault that ISIS has gone on a beheading campaign, it's not Obama's fault, he IS the Sainted sacred anointed one. Obama is a blameless soul for anything. He is just a victim of circumstance.

Abdullah has the covert intelligence the US, UK and NATO don't have. He's said his piece - the US and the UK, in the next few months, are targets. Let's hope the intelligence services in the target countries can get the information they need to stop it from happening. But sometimes US and UK intelligence people are a bit reluctant to co-operate with the Saudis. Pity, I hope not.

bass

He's an idiot, that's why. No US President should bow before anyone, the more I see it, the more it just chaps my...

Does your judgment then extend to GW Bush, who famously held hands with, kissed, and bowed to the same Saudi king? Did that chap your sensitive areas?

the left think ISIS is just a figment of the imagination

I think your imagination is far more active than the left's.

@plastic

Does your judgment then extend to GW Bush, who famously held hands with, kissed, and bowed to the same Saudi king? Did that chap your sensitive areas?

It sure did, but Bush didn't have the reputation of making it a daily habit unlike his majesty

I think your imagination is far more active than the left's

Think you meant, reality and yes on that point, it most definitely as a realist.

The Saudi king is right in that the jihadis will target Europe and the US (of course they are doing that already), but the source of the warning is pretty ironic, seeing that the Saudis have been funding Wahabi preachers and mosques all over the globe for decades.... in effect he is warning about his own creation.

Yeah all those defence contracts from gulf countries are too much for US govt and EU to bow and do whatever to get it. US/KSA goes hand in hand in syrian mess.

@bass

Bush didn't have the reputation of making it a daily habit unlike his majesty

Wow, so Obama has delusions of kingly grandeur while at the same time bows down to other kings on a daily basis.

You've convinced me of your firm grip on reality. So Obama is launching air strikes against ISIS because it is a figment of his imagination and he wants to leave them alone and blame Reagan instead. Correct me if I'm getting your narrative wrong.

Shoulda cut that oil/cash/leech line a long time ago... And I do find it funny that SA is "worried" the extremists will come back to bite them in the butt. Considering that SA is considered the birthplace of Islam the Islamists just might feel SA isn't "muslim" enough by their standards and take out the monarchy.

Wow, so Obama has delusions of kingly grandeur while at the same time bows down to other kings on a daily basis.

Perhaps it's the inner Muslim inside trying to get out, who knows.

You've convinced me of your firm grip on reality.

Thank you.

So Obama is launching air strikes against ISIS because it is a figment of his imagination and he wants to leave them alone and blame Reagan instead. Correct me if I'm getting your narrative wrong.

All jokes aside. Obama is doing this NOT be ause he feels empathy or compassion towards the suffering people and hatred towards ISIS, he's doing it out of pressure begrudgingly. He still didn't come up with any strategy as to how to deal with ISIS, he was advised by different military leaders for a few years now about this growing threat and what did he do? Besides playing golf, nothing. The optics of Obama playing golf is not doing him any good either in the eye of the public and with his fellow Democrats. The only thing these air strikes will achieve is that it will contain the infrastructure for a limited time, but unless you take out the senior leadership, it basically means nothing to hit these guys and with the rate that so many foreigners are flocking to join, this problem will not go anywhere anytime soon. And still the anointed one dithers.

@honsest

Shoulda cut that oil/cash/leech line a long time ago... And I do find it funny that SA is "worried" the extremists will come back to bite them in the butt. Considering that SA is considered the birthplace of Islam the Islamists just might feel SA isn't "muslim" enough by their standards and take out the monarchy.

If Obama doesn't do anything to protect another ally and leave them in the dust the same way he did Israel and Egypt, he's actions will have lasting repercussions and Obama wouldn't be that stupid to NOT give support to the Saudis.....wait a second....of course, he would be.

bass

still the anointed one dithers

You mean the president of your country dithers. I myself am not an Obama worshipper, so don't worry about honorifics. I voted for him but did not anoint him. I am rather disappointed in him in many ways, in fact.

Still waiting for your specific policy proposal (besides sounding and looking more like Reagan). You mean all out ground offensive against IS?

Just curious.

@plastic

Still waiting for your specific policy proposal (besides sounding and looking more like Reagan). You mean all out ground offensive against IS?

Exactly, I am in many ways Reaganisctic, if you want to call it that. Hawkish perhaps. I believe with a terrorist, islamic group such as ISIS, you have to first acknowledge the problem and NOT sugarcoat it. Cameron called ISIS for what it really is, an ISLAMIST terrorist group, which the White House for some odd reason will NOT do. I would have more respect for Obama if he would make the argument and say, it's not worth going back in, because bombing them would have only contain them in a limited fashion for a short time, which after, they would regroup and just kill each other all over again, so why should we get involved. If he takes that position, fine, you can make an argument and I'm sure he would have some support, but don't make decisions or use drones of send in troops (special forces) when you don't agree with the mission. That is what kills me about this guy! He should be direct and speak up, that's why I say, he is dithering. I don't like the pandering, which he does to the media (mostly) and internationally (confusion) and with his base (all over the place) as I once said, I would ask my top Generals current and from the previous admin (more so) as to what would be THE MOST viable and long lasting option for dealing with and killing the senior top ISIS command structure. I would aggressively do a preemptive strike on high value targets, impose the toughest financial sanctions and sanctions ANY country that we deal with and punish them as well if they are caught dealing with ISIS, including Qatar. I would initiate another surge. I would bite the bullet and partner with Assad, if that's what it takes to get the job done. At this point, you need to put pride aside and dismantle the head of ISIS, I would keep a residual force for the foreseeable future in the region if that is what it takes to insure stability and calm. Either way, if I were president, I would do everything to neutralize this threat as best as I could, regardless of what the world or UN thinks. If we don't do anything as the most powerful nation to stop the Jihadists, NO one else will, nor do they have the capabilities.

Again, the idea that the US has any business whatsoever in the region is ridiculous. Unilaterally entering the middle-east again will simply create more terrorists - which should be the exact opposite of what is desired. And if the US enters unilaterally, and ends up as a victim of terrorist attacks as a result, I think you'll find the world will not be as sympathetic as they were after 9-11. 9-11 was perpetrated by Al Qaeda, to whom the US had not done anything particularly untoward. But if they attack ISIS, and get attacked as a result, well that's what happens when you take up war against another group, in an area where you have no business being. This isn't to say that the US would be deserving of an attack (no one is), but you lie in the bed you make - aka he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

@stranger

Again, the idea that the US has any business whatsoever in the region is ridiculous.

Sorry, but it's just ludicrous. You think there is any other country that can deal with ISIS? You think they will just give up and go away? The answer to both questions is NO, they will not and the only way to do it is to kill and dismantle the inner senior infrastructure, that's it, any other nonsense talk, we shouldn't be there is irrelevant, when you know someone is going to hurt you or your family, you take desisive action. We have every right to neutralize a threat towards us.

Unilaterally entering the middle-east again will simply create more terrorists - which should be the exact opposite of what is desired.

I heard that stupid argument a lot on msnbc and PBS from the hippie wait until your head is on a spike crowd, if we have another 9/11, before we do anything, we should wait. Again, more insane leftist surrender talk. Look what happened under Carter, look under Obama. When you have your top senior military advising you, these are people that work in the Pentagon, have access to all the secret and military details on how to execute and utilize war and how to deal with an enemy and this Constitutional community organizer lawyer knows more than his generals???

And if the US enters unilaterally, and ends up as a victim of terrorist attacks as a result, I think you'll find the world will not be as sympathetic.

If they want to bomb us, which they already said, they would, you think leaving them alone will have these people backing off? Never going to happen. And again, if the world doesn't come to our aid, which they didn't last time around, we will still raise up again, as we have always done.

as they were after 9-11. 9-11 was perpetrated by Al Qaeda, to whom the US had not done anything particularly untoward

They bombed us for more or less what we stood for as a nation. The US and Israel are and will always be on the top of their list, Israel from the beginning of its creation and the US since the late 1970's, so this is nothing new for us, we just need to be vigilant and alert at all times.

But if they attack ISIS, and get attacked as a result, well that's what happens when you take up war against another group, in an area where you have no business being. This isn't to say that the US would be deserving of an attack (no one is), but you lie in the bed you make - aka he who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

ISIS has Allah, we have the best sophisticated, advanced and modern, up to date military equipment then a lot of these fighters will die by a computer guided Missile. I put my faith in our technology against their Allah any day of the week.

What business does the US have with the ME? Pretty much the same business that worldwide oil conglomerates around the world have. Those with the money control how the government moves it appears. Very sad times.

As if having money is a bad thing.

bass4funkSep. 02, 2014 - 04:38PM JST As if having money is a bad thing.

Its only bad when its accompanied with greed. "Its not the tool, its how you use it."