Even Friends

...will desert a sinking ship. Look what's been found on the lips of the Saudi Ambassador to Britain:

Saudi: U.S. Fighting 'Colonial War'

May 24, 2004 | DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) -- The United States is fighting an old-fashioned "colonial war" in Iraq that is fueled by its desire for Iraqi oil, the Saudi ambassador to Britain and Ireland was quoted as saying.

In an interview published Monday in the Irish Independent newspaper, Prince Turki al-Faisal likened the U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq to centuries of incursions by the West into the Middle East.

"No matter how exalted the aims of the U.S. in that war, in the final analysis it was a colonial war very similar to the wars conducted by the ex-colonial powers when they went out to conquer the rest of the world," al-Faisal was quoted as saying. "Either in the name of Christianity, or bringing civilization to undeveloped countries, or bringing the rule of law to uncivilized populations."