Wilders: Bush-Saudi relationship sends wrong message

9:39 am on May 19, 2008 by Infidelesto

GWB, in my mind, is no doubt a courageous and moral man, but he is so WRONG on the US/Saudi relationship. It sends the wrong message to others around the world, and although he frequently urges arab leaders to move more towards religious and political freedom, his actions do not back his rhetoric.

Give credit to Geert Wilders for continuing his refusal to bow to the politically correct dhimmi agenda of most Western European politicians. Geert for President!

BRUSSELS, May 19

As President George W. Bush wraps up his trip to the Middle East, controversial Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, a passionate supporter of Bush and the U.S. war on terrorism, called on him to drop his “double agenda” in the region by ending support to Islamic states like Saudi Arabia.

Wilders, who briefly achieved global notoriety when he released his anti-Koran film “Fitna” in March, told United Press International that the United States should not overlook Saudi Arabia’s flagrant bad governance and human-rights abuses.

“American relations with Saudi Arabia should be revised,” he said, adding that Saudi Arabia’s status as a major oil producer should not mean that its track record ought to be overlooked. “Saudi Arabia is no good and won’t be for the foreseeable future,” he said.

“I think supporting Saudi Arabia is a bad policy and shows a double agenda,” said Wilders. But he demurred at the suggestion of sanctions or military action — “it’s not like they should invade tomorrow” — suggesting only that the desert kingdom be subject to the same standards as other U.S. allies like Israel.

Echoing the comments of some U.S. neoconservatives, Wilders has said he regards the spread of radical Islam as the next great challenge to the West, after fascism and communism.

“I think Islamization presents a threat to the public safety of the entire West, including the United States,” he told UPI. “Direct and indirect dangers are present in (Muslim) politics and culture.”

He said the shared enemy demanded closer trans-Atlantic ties.

“Islam’s growth is the greatest threat of this century and we need to interact more on how we (the United States and the European Union) will protect traditional Christian and Jewish (territory),” Wilders said. “I see America as an ally in that fight.”

hattip: ZIP

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