tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post684817396343614084..comments2024-03-20T01:06:12.181-04:00Comments on MEI Editor's Blog: Is Muhammad bin Nayef Replacing Bandar bin Sultan on the Saudi Syria Account?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-90935008778087899022014-02-21T19:02:00.926-05:002014-02-21T19:02:00.926-05:00Bandar is more probably suffering from an eye than...Bandar is more probably suffering from an eye than back problem.<br /><br />All that squinting looking for a needle (the moderates) in a haystack (jihadists) has got to take quite a toll on one's eyes.<br /><br />Surely the disappointment would have been enough to turn a weaker man to drink.D. Ottawainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-42840287943067407972014-02-20T10:23:58.247-05:002014-02-20T10:23:58.247-05:00Ellen: My mistake; I've clarified the post; it...Ellen: My mistake; I've clarified the post; it was how I read it but not what you said.Michael Collins Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398326467953722017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-58728721484311744802014-02-20T07:55:03.969-05:002014-02-20T07:55:03.969-05:00Few weeks ago A Lebanese politician/academic, inte...Few weeks ago A Lebanese politician/academic, internationally very respected and very well-known for his good relations with the KSA, mentioned on a TV show that Bandar was undergoing treatment in US. His health condition was not at its best. He confirmed it. Husseinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22261571.post-50559413197263133482014-02-20T03:00:38.858-05:002014-02-20T03:00:38.858-05:00What about my writing that "Saudi Arabia has ...What about my writing that "Saudi Arabia has sidelined its veteran intelligence chief, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, as leader of the kingdom's efforts to arm and fund Syrian rebels," makes you presume I was reporting he was replaced as head of general intelligence?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304042239917941494noreply@blogger.com