Regarding the stationing of western forces on holy land, why not go after the ones who are allowing us to stay there, namely Saudi Arabia and Kuwait? And yes, western countries have a history of meddling in middle east affairs. That I will give you. Sucks for them that they are willing to drill for oil in their countries, unlike sayyyy, the US.
Judah McAuley wrote: > Well, if you believe Bin Laden (and there is good reason not to), the > primary issue was the stationing of Christian/Western troops in the > holy lands in Saudi Arabia. That, from what I understand, is > considered to be the issue that spawned the current movement. Combine > that with the US support for the Shah in Iran and you have a rough > idea of the early events that helped make the situation what it is > today. Of course it would also be helpful to go back to the > partitioning of the middle east after WWI and then again after WWII. > But that is more like a background issue rather than something that is > actively being promoted as a causus belli. > > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:304239 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
