Saudis Snub Clinton in PR Blitz

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NewsMax.com

Friday, Nov. 16, 2001

The Saudis may be going on an expensive PR offensive - but Bill Clinton is definitely one name they'd like to omit from U.S.-Saudi relations.

We note the four-page spread in Thursday's Wall Street Journal titled "Twenty years of change and continuity: King Fahd of Saudi Arabia" - at open rates the ad would go for an easy $250,000!

This may be just one sign of how seriously worried the Saudis are about U.S. feelings toward the oil kingdom after Sept. 11, when 15 of 19 terrorists turned out to be Saudi nationals.

The ad makes a nice case about warm, fuzzy relations with the U.S. and shows photos of the king and Ronald Reagan, President Bush's father, Margaret Thatcher and Franklin Roosevelt.

Notably missing was Clinton. The Saudis apparently have little interest in appeasing the former president or his followers. Perhaps many in top Saudi circles believe his policies of appeasement to terrorists led to the rise of bin Laden.

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