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True but unless I'm mistaken, and no one has corrected me thus far, there are far fewer troops than there were, and they are in the process of pulling out. You are correct, however, that that's not the point. The point is that there is not, and never was, by any stretch of the imagination, by any reasonable definition, a U.S. occupation of the Saudi Peninsula.
Osama Bin Laden is a madman who declared war not only on the United States but the entire non-muslim world. The Saudi's don't need him to defend their policy decisions. OBL has no business deciding who should or should not be invited to set up bases in SA.
As for Falluja, when you use your places of worship as armouries, you get what's coming to you.
True, but relations have cooled off considerably since 9-11. Ties with SA are a neccessary evil for the time being. It would be nice if westerners would park their SUV's and be done with the ME altogether. Well, I can dream.
The house of Saud is propped up by money of many worldwide corporations, not just the U.S. The Bushes are oil people. The Saud's are oil people. It would be odd if the two had no ties.
Reverend Blair said:There are still some US military installations in Saudi Arabia, but that's not the point.
True but unless I'm mistaken, and no one has corrected me thus far, there are far fewer troops than there were, and they are in the process of pulling out. You are correct, however, that that's not the point. The point is that there is not, and never was, by any stretch of the imagination, by any reasonable definition, a U.S. occupation of the Saudi Peninsula.
The point is that they were there in force when Osama bin Laden declared war on the US. Since then they have flattened Fallujah, another Muslim holy city.
Osama Bin Laden is a madman who declared war not only on the United States but the entire non-muslim world. The Saudi's don't need him to defend their policy decisions. OBL has no business deciding who should or should not be invited to set up bases in SA.
As for Falluja, when you use your places of worship as armouries, you get what's coming to you.
The US continues to provide security advice to the Saudi Royal family. The House of Saud continues to be propped up by both the policies of the US government and the money of US corporations, who oddly enough, have close ties to the Bush administration.
True, but relations have cooled off considerably since 9-11. Ties with SA are a neccessary evil for the time being. It would be nice if westerners would park their SUV's and be done with the ME altogether. Well, I can dream.
The house of Saud is propped up by money of many worldwide corporations, not just the U.S. The Bushes are oil people. The Saud's are oil people. It would be odd if the two had no ties.