Via Matt Drudge, the Times of London reports:
“Saudi Arabia has threatened to prop up President Mubarak if the White House tries to force a swift change of regime in Egypt. In a testy personal telephone call on January 29, King Abdullah told President Obama not to humiliate Mr Mubarak and warned that he would step in to bankroll Egypt if the US withdrew its aid programme, worth $1.5 billion annually.”
This is a “threat”? Sounds more like they’re offering to do us a favor. Well then, that settles it — the Saudis want to take Mubarak off our hands and are willing to foot the bill. Why don’t we take them up on their offer?
Now if only we could get someone to unload the Israelis on, that would save us another $3 billion annually.
