----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 6:28 AM Subject: Re: Wiesenthal Ctr Report
> At 09:26 PM 4/10/02 -0700 Doug wrote: > >The _only_ reason Bush is telling the Israelis to pull out is oil. > > Uhhh...... no. The fact that countries like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, > Oman, and the UAE are absolutely essential to the next phase in the War on > Terrorism, and that they are insisting that we do something plays a role as > well. > Well, lets assume that Saudi Arabia was a poor country dependant on us instead of a wealthy country that holds 40%+ of the known oil reserve. Do you think we would show such understanding of the fact that most of the terrorist who attacked on 9-11 were Saudi nationals or of the fact that they are supporting the Palestinian terrorism? The fact that they have a hammer over the Western ecconomy helps shape US foreign policy..not nearly as much as European foreign policy, but it still shapes it. Dan M.
