Comments on: Saudis Bust 172 Suspected Terrorists Plotting Massive Strike http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6395 Your daily dose of news and opinions concerning terrorism and politics with a shade of humor embedded. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:44:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Debbie http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6395#comment-92354 Debbie Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:04:27 +0000 http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6395#comment-92354 I've got some folks trying to say this was all a PR stunt, staged for the media by the Saudis and the US. For what purpose? To take heat off the debate in Congress over the war, troop pull outs, etc. I don't buy it, I've read all the reports and this sounds real to me. I’ve got some folks trying to say this was all a PR stunt, staged for the media by the Saudis and the US. For what purpose? To take heat off the debate in Congress over the war, troop pull outs, etc. I don’t buy it, I’ve read all the reports and this sounds real to me.

]]> By: Chad http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6395#comment-92357 Chad Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:14:24 +0000 http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6395#comment-92357 That's ridiculous. If they thought it was a stunt pulled by the Saudis for the Saudis, there might be something to it. How much of a diversion is this, and is Congress voting for a withdrawal really that big of news? Everyone knew they were going to vote that way, and everyone knows Bush will veto it. The press is still covering the vote more than the arrests in Saudi Arabia by far. If another item is to divert anoter, usually that item would be covered more than the other. It's not. There are much easier ways to divert the national debate away from the Congressional vote without involving another sovereign nation. That’s ridiculous. If they thought it was a stunt pulled by the Saudis for the Saudis, there might be something to it.

How much of a diversion is this, and is Congress voting for a withdrawal really that big of news? Everyone knew they were going to vote that way, and everyone knows Bush will veto it. The press is still covering the vote more than the arrests in Saudi Arabia by far. If another item is to divert anoter, usually that item would be covered more than the other. It’s not.

There are much easier ways to divert the national debate away from the Congressional vote without involving another sovereign nation.

]]> By: Debbie http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6395#comment-92358 Debbie Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:11:20 +0000 http://www.inthebullpen.com/archives/2007/6395#comment-92358 Of course I agree with you, but you know how it is. They say every time we trot out another 'high value target' that we have been interrogating for a time, we're accused of doing it at a time when we need some positive PR. Everybody's entitled to their opinions I guess. Of course I agree with you, but you know how it is. They say every time we trot out another ‘high value target’ that we have been interrogating for a time, we’re accused of doing it at a time when we need some positive PR. Everybody’s entitled to their opinions I guess.

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