Sunday, November 02, 2008

Brown Goes Down: PM Brown Says, Saudis To Have Say "In Any Future New World Economic Order"


Wow, Prince al-Saud, you don't taste nearly as bad as I thought you would.

They run their own country so well, so why not let them tell us how to run ours.

Jesus Christ!


DOHA, Qatar – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Sunday he is confident that Saudi Arabia will contribute to the International Monetary Fund's bailout reserves after he promised business leaders in the Gulf that they would have a say in any future new world economic order.

Brown is using a four-day tour of the Gulf to call on oil-rich Middle Eastern countries to be among the biggest donors to the IMF's coffers to rescue failing nations, which at $250 billion have already been depleted by emergency cash calls from IcelandHungary and the Ukraine totaling some $30 billion.

"The Saudis will I think contribute so we can have a bigger fund worldwide," he said after a meeting with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullahlate Saturday and business leaders early Sunday.

The British leader told reporters traveling with him that he wants "hundreds of billions" of extra dollars pledged to the IMF fund, noting that the Middle East and Asia, particularly China, have significantforeign exchange reserves.

But analysts have argued that Gulf states will feel little impetus to bolster the IMF fund, given its domination by the United States and the G7 industrialized nations.

5 comments:

Bosch Fawstin said...

What a picture to tell the story with.

Pastorius said...

I'm guessing he'd like a swig of whiskey, but other than that, it ain't so bad.

Always On Watch said...

Well, London seems to want to be the Islamic-finance capital of the world.

Bosch Fawstin said...

It's actually a perfect picture, with the west being surrounded by enemies we see as 'friends'.

Pastorius said...

I see what you mean. Good point.