{"id":68935,"date":"2007-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/06\/25\/poor-old-england-tandis-que-les-saoudiens-repoussent-la-signature-du-contrat-yamamah-typhoon-en-attendant-lacte-dallegeance-de-brown\/"},"modified":"2007-06-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-25T00:00:00","slug":"poor-old-england-tandis-que-les-saoudiens-repoussent-la-signature-du-contrat-yamamah-typhoon-en-attendant-lacte-dallegeance-de-brown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/2007\/06\/25\/poor-old-england-tandis-que-les-saoudiens-repoussent-la-signature-du-contrat-yamamah-typhoon-en-attendant-lacte-dallegeance-de-brown\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor old England<\/em>, tandis que les Saoudiens repoussent la signature du contrat Yamamah-Typhoon<\/em> en attendant l’acte d’all\u00e9geance de Brown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Les moralistes-marathoniens de la repentance occidentale n’ont pas tort : le colonialisme n’est pas mort. Sauf qu’il a chang\u00e9 de sens, dans certains cas bien int\u00e9ressants. L’article du Times<\/em> du 25 juin<\/a> est stup\u00e9fiant par ce qu’il rel\u00e8ve d’impudence tranquille et justifi\u00e9e, non de la part des Britanniques mais des Saoudiens; et par ce qu’il nous laisse entendre du degr\u00e9 de corruption (et psychologique plus que tout) et d’asservissement<\/a> de l’establishment<\/em> britannique vis-\u00e0-vis des Saoudiens, par le biais des contrats Yamamah<\/em>, gr\u00e2ce aux dirigeants britanniques, de Thatcher \u00e0 Blair. Effectivement, c’est le triomphe de la loi du march\u00e9, version corruption libre.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tEn attendant, il est temps de v\u00e9rifier dans tous les d\u00e9tails si Brown a bien compris comment fonctionne le syst\u00e8me. Ainsi le Times<\/em> nous annonce-t-il :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t La signature du contrat pour 72 Typhoon<\/em> (troisi\u00e8me Yamamah<\/em> du nom) est repouss\u00e9e \u00e0 octobre prochain. Il devait \u00eatre sign\u00e9 en juillet et l’excellent Blair esp\u00e9rait m\u00eame, pour bons et loyaux services rendus \u00e0 l’Arabie et \u00e0 Sa Tr\u00e8s Gracieuse Majest\u00e9, le faire signer avant son d\u00e9part.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t La raison en est simplement que les Saoudiens veulent v\u00e9rifier si Gordon Brown est bien dans la ligne : \u00abBAE Systems’ \u00a320 billion contract to supply Eurofighter Typhoons to Saudi Arabia will be delayed until October as the Saudis seek to develop closer ties with Gordon Brown, the incoming prime minister. The deal for the 72 fighter jets is understood to be nearly complete but is being held up by diplomatic wrangling.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t Le Times<\/em>, dans une sorte de candeur qui est la mesure de la discr\u00e9tion du consid\u00e9rable d\u00e9sarroi britannique nous met, finalement, les points sur les i Cette phrase est \u00e0 mettre en exergue \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard, avec la stup\u00e9fiante expression soulign\u00e9e par nous en gras : \u00abThe negotiations over the Typhoons have become even more important in recent months as the Saudis want<\/em> a demonstration of loyalty<\/em><\/strong> after allegations emerged that Prince Bandar, nephew to the king, had received payments of more than \u00a31 billion from BAE.<\/em>\u00bb (Pour ceux qui peinent \u00e0 la compr\u00e9hension de l’anglais universel, a demonstration of loyalty<\/em> se traduit mot \u00e0 mot par une d\u00e9monstration de loyaut\u00e9 et, dans l’esprit de la chose, par: acte d’all\u00e9geance.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t Par cons\u00e9quent, les Saoudiens attendent, dans les prochains mois, d’ici octobre si tout va bien, un acte d’all\u00e9geance, avec contrats en bonne et due forme, du nouveau Premier ministre du Royaume-Uni, ex-Empire sur lequel le soleil ne se couchait jamais.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00abThe deal has now been put off until October because defence sources say that the Saudis want a better relationship with Gordon Brown, who becomes prime minister this week, before committing to such a large contract. They see the Typhoon deal as key to cementing diplomatic and military relations with the UK.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbOfficials are understood to be in talks over setting up meetings between senior Saudi royals and Mr Brown in Riyadh and London.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\t\u00bbThere are also complex protocol arrangements being discussed because King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, the Saudi ruler, is thought to want to sign the contract himself. It has not yet been agreed whether this will take place in Britain or Saudi Arabia.<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\tIls furent nombreux, notamment en France o\u00f9 l’on est prompt \u00e0 s’auto-flageller, \u00e0 moquer les Fran\u00e7ais lorsqu’ils rat\u00e8rent la vente du Rafale<\/em> en Arabie Saoudite au profit du Typhoon<\/em>. Rater une vente d’avions de combat \u00e0 ce compte-l\u00e0, ce n’est rien moins que l’honneur d’une nation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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\tMis en ligne le 25 juin 2007 \u00e0 04H54<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Les moralistes-marathoniens de la repentance occidentale n’ont pas tort : le colonialisme n’est pas mort. Sauf qu’il a chang\u00e9 de sens, dans certains cas bien int\u00e9ressants. L’article du Times du 25 juin est stup\u00e9fiant par ce qu’il rel\u00e8ve d’impudence tranquille et justifi\u00e9e, non de la part des Britanniques mais des Saoudiens; et par ce qu’il… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3792,5667,4038,5850,3858,3129,4364],"class_list":["post-68935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloc-notes","tag-bae","tag-bandar","tag-brown","tag-contrat","tag-corruption","tag-typhoon","tag-yamamah"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68935\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.dedefensa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}