At 09:35 AM 12/9/2004 -0800 Dave Land wrote: >>>>> (Did I just hear right? We put in charge of the agency charged with >>>>> defending the US against terrorism, a man who was a lackey for the >>>>> only country and regime that ever succeeded in perpetrating a major >>>>> terror attack upon our soil? >>>> >>>> Funny, I thought that regime was Taliban-occupied Afghanistan.... >>> >>> I believe David is referring to the fact that Osama Bin Laden >>> and virtually every one of the 9/11 crew were Saudis. >> >> I kind of gathered that too... but that isn't what Dr. Brin said, now >> is >> it? He said that Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ordered and executed 9/11. > >He said that the Kingdom perpetrated it, which is not so different from >your wording. I'd probably word it in a way that makes it clearer that >the perpetrators were /from/ Saudi Arabia, but in an extra-national >terrorist organization operating out of Afghanistan. > >Unless, of course, I was grinding an axe.
Like the one you are grinding against me? I find it absolutely unbelievable that you can't see that there is a huge difference in culpability between "the Government of Saudi Arabia" and "people of Saudi Arabia". I also find it extremely difficult to believe that you don't understand that Dr. Brin very intentionally used the first formulation rather than the second formulation, basically because that is precisely the charge he wanted to level against the government of Saudi Arabia. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
