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[Washingtonmonthly.com] The Washington Monthly: Yes, but it is exceedingly difficult to exert direct pressure on Saudi Arabia, whereas if Iraq becomes a state in which the population regularly gives some manner of consent to being governed, it has a deeply destabilizing effect on the House of Saud as currently constituted. It is not a coincidence that the House of Saud was deeply opposed to the invasion of Iraq.

[Danieldrezner.com] Daniel W. Drezner: Comment on Iranian Nukes: Be Afraid, Be ...: and tactically, it forces israel and the rest of the (sunni) mideast to lay their hands down (israel officially admitting its WMD program and saudi (and egypt?) acknowledging how far along they are in theirs) -- iran has been pretty transparent about its intentions and capabilities lately and i think that transparency could make the region more stable rather than less; obviously it goes against rice's stated NSS, but again, i think it's something the US is going to have to learn to live with rather than actively surpress, which may make it worse...

[Davidcorn.com] David Corn: The Bush supporters can say whatever they want about that movie, but the Happy Goat footage is still right there for the world to see how Bush reacts in a crisis. I guess telling the forum in Ontario that he was in a staff meeting sounded a lot better than "...in the middle of an obvious attack on our country, and at a time when I did not have any idea how widespread that attack was or whether I had to make any immediate decisions to save lives or retaliate, I decided to finish the Happy Goat.

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