On 1/14/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1.) It's the theory of Bush administration that I agree with. > 2.) The US wants a centralized ME presence which, originally, was > Saudi. Now it's Iraq. > 3.) The US would respond from Iraqi bases if Saudi was attacked. No > change. We protected Kuwait and Saudi just fine from Saudi bases.
We went into Saudi Arabia because Iraq went into Kuwait. So your entire argument about history is based on 15 years worth. > Why do you think the Saudis are allied with us in the first place? > They want security from ANY enemy and they know the US will provide it > as long as they keep the oil flowing. We want to keep the oil balanced. If Iraq had stayed in Kuwait they would have owned the majority of the worlds oil that meant they could wreak havoc on the worlds economies daily and just for fun plus they would manage to buy the best weaponry available. There's a reason why these enemies are going after the lands with the oil. Money is power. > We don't need to be sitting on their territory to do it. We weren't until Desert Storm. > Now, let's talk about why we left Saudi: because for the last 40 years > members of the royal family have been teaching violent extremism to a > population that doesn't have much to do and little economy. Those > chickens came home to roost on 9/11. Remember that? That attack on > the US that was PRIMARILY SAUDIS? You just described the entire Middle East. > The Saudis realized that they had to get rid of US or they were going > to be overthrown. So Bush did the same thing for his Saudi buddies > he's always done: their bidding. He pulled out so that the Royal > Family can stay in power. We were in Saudi Arabia to enforce the Iraq no fly rules. The 7000 military personnel there were mostly Air Force. Since the no fly zone no longer exists, they were redeployed. > No democracies for Saudi Arabia. Do you really not understand any of this? No idea what your talking about, did we change the subject to democracy in Saudi Arabia? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224657 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
