Comments on: Religious Freedom Report: 2005 http://xrdarabia.org/2005/11/09/religious-freedom-report-2005/ Informed comment and commentary about Saudi Arabia, reform, and its relations with the US Sun, 20 May 2012 20:39:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: mary http://xrdarabia.org/2005/11/09/religious-freedom-report-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-1212 mary Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:54:59 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1215#comment-1212 <i>“Feel Good” and “Do Good” may not be the same things.</i> We've come a long way from 'give me liberty or give me death'. “Feel Good” and “Do Good” may not be the same things.

We’ve come a long way from ‘give me liberty or give me death’.

]]> By: John http://xrdarabia.org/2005/11/09/religious-freedom-report-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-1211 John Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:11:50 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1215#comment-1211 The things you mention could, certainly, all be done. But you raise the pertinent question: who would be disadvantaged more, the KSA or the USA? If we take oil off the table, the KSA is a major importer of US goods. Those goods are acquired by Saudi businessmen who need visas to conduct business. That's $5.25 billion of business that US employers/employees would lose out on. (<a href="http://www.us-saudi-business.org/imports.htm" rel="nofollow">Source</a>) "Feel Good" and "Do Good" may not be the same things. The things you mention could, certainly, all be done. But you raise the pertinent question: who would be disadvantaged more, the KSA or the USA?

If we take oil off the table, the KSA is a major importer of US goods. Those goods are acquired by Saudi businessmen who need visas to conduct business. That’s $5.25 billion of business that US employers/employees would lose out on. (Source)

“Feel Good” and “Do Good” may not be the same things.

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://xrdarabia.org/2005/11/09/religious-freedom-report-2005/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 Dave Schuler Wed, 09 Nov 2005 18:41:09 +0000 http://xrdarabia.org/?p=1215#comment-1210 It seems to me that there <i>are</i> things that could be done. The Saudi embassy in the United States could be limited to an ambassador and a secretary. Consulates could be closed. Visas could be cancelled. New visas could be withheld. All of these would, no doubt, do as much or more to inconvenience and embarass the United States as it would the Saudis. We won't do anything. It seems to me that there are things that could be done. The Saudi embassy in the United States could be limited to an ambassador and a secretary. Consulates could be closed. Visas could be cancelled. New visas could be withheld.

All of these would, no doubt, do as much or more to inconvenience and embarass the United States as it would the Saudis. We won’t do anything.

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