Saudi King to Host Bush At Desert Playground

Source: NYT/Reuters

By REUTERS
Published: January 14, 2008

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah hosts George W. Bush at his desert playground on Tuesday when the U.S. president will get a taste of how the royals live in the world's richest oil-producing monarchy.

Setting aside serious talk of Middle East peace, Iranian challenges and controversial arms deals that dominated day one of his visit, Bush will trade in his business suit for more casual attire and stay the night at the sprawling tent-like structure with walls made of silk. Even the Arabian stallions the king raises at his Al Janadriyah "horse farm" near Riyadh lead lives of luxury. They are kept in climate-controlled, air-conditioned stables and are treated to aqua-therapy.

The special hospitality is for a U.S. president who hosted Abdullah as crown prince in Crawford, Texas, in 2002 and 2005.

When Bush walked arm-in-arm with Abdullah at his ranch nearly three years ago, oil cost $54 a barrel, a level the Saudi government admitted then was "clearly too high." Oil is now hovering near $100 a barrel and many Americans are griping about their tax dollars helping to underwrite the defense of wealthy Gulf allies, so the issue may come up again....

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Mr. Bush you are a traitor and lair of the highest order. Yous should be in jail. :dem:

The Chimp gets to hold hands again

her one and only on this trip? Maybe treatment like hired help didn't please her?

the saudi royal family is just as leacherous as the other elite of the world.

"suprise, suprise"

seesaw with him? And is this the playground with the golden arches over it?

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Not that the narrative isn't horrible enough.

He'd probably rather take the chance of getting bitten by one of those falcons, than having to mount a live horse.

that is illegal in most states :)

and watched him play on the playground while he ate some fries and drank a coke. That is a funny image. No one could believe that we could have a president for eight years that played second fiddle to a monkey in the movies. And then 12 years later the monkey would be president for eight years.