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Originally Posted by azasadny
Just for the record, I was in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for Thanksgiving 1990 and President bush, his wife and entourage all had a Thanksgiving meal with us in the field and there were prayers before the meal. BTW, Saudis were present (King Fahd and others)
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Thanks Art, I for sure take your word for it.
I'm guessing that there were several Thanksgivings for the President, I know I've gone to two or three in a single day. The President was probably also on the ship and the author of the article Daniel Pipes made a wrong conclusion. Consider the source and their motives.
Daniel Pipes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pipes
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Daniel Pipes (born September 9, 1949) is a neoconservative[1] American historian and political commentator who specializes in the Middle East and Islam..................
........The Forward, a Jewish publication, named Pipes as one of America's "50 Most Influential Jews"
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His commentary is footnoted, but not the passage in question.