The Saudis remain at best fair-weather friends to the US, while Israel's strength or weakness directly impacts US national security and geopolitical interests.

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But yes, some people who have been fair-weather friends, no doubt at those Krug and shepherd's pie parties, will steal away into the night.

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What does seem predictable, however, is that at some point these arms will wind up in the hands of people who are not even our fair-weather friends.

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It could be that these fair-weather (if not actually false) friends have been encouraged in their intransigence by State Department interlocutors many of whom appear to share Franco- Russian-Chinese hostility to the Bush goal of regime change in Iraq to believe that the President will accede to efforts to dumb-down the U.S.-drafted resolution.

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It could be that these fair-weather (if not actually false) friends have been encouraged in their intransigence by State Department interlocutors -- many of whom appear to share Franco- Russian-Chinese hostility to the Bush goal of regime change in Iraq -- to believe that the President will accede to efforts to dumb-down the U.S.-drafted resolution.

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Sure, we have a couple of months of fair weather yet, and several more weeks of summer, but Labor Day is the last major summer holiday when friends and family gather around the hibachi, kettle grill, or gas grill, or whatever it is you cook on.

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