At 01:22 AM 3/27/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>Was there any substantive reason in January 2002 not to say that Treasury
>Undersecretary John Taylor and other senior administration officials were
>angry and deeply upset at the failure of Saudi Arabia to assist in
>shutting down terrorist financing?
Criticism of the Sauds would have hampered the war in Iraq.
In addition, it may have hampered cooperation from the Saudis in other areas.
>Wasn't this something we wanted to
>have public in order to put more pressure on the House of Saud?
By "increasing pressure on the House of Saud" are you support regime change
in Saudi Arabia?
I think that many people here have argued that we should be careful about
how much we undermine the House of Saud, as these people believe that
whatever regime replaces the House of Saud would only be worse.
JDG
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