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2002-08-07 International

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-08-07 06:28 am|| || Front Page|| [10 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't think the potential importance of this can be overestimated. It's clear that the issue of the heart of Islamofascist terrorism being Saudi Arabia has been put on the table.

The genie is out of the bottle, and it's not going back in.

Posted by Joel Rosenberg 2002-08-07 07:49:38|| [www.slovotskys-laws.com] 2002-08-07 07:49:38|| Front Page Top

#2 The US is about to wage war with Saddam. From a strategic standpoint we need Saudi assistance in that effort. So let's "unofficially" put them on the spot....ya with us or against us? So they can "unofficially" let the oil flow and the F16s fly over.

Posted by John Hare 2002-08-07 08:09:22|| 2002-08-07 08:09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 What they say isn't nearly as important as what they do. If they're really bright, they'll grumble a bit about how it's all a misunderstanding and they'll start dismantling the terror machine so we can all pretend it never really happened. I don't think they're very bright, though. I think they'll continue to deny, and they'll get increasingly arrogant, and after Iraq is roundly thumped and a regime with the approximate honesty and efficiency of, say, New Jersey's installed, we'll thump the Soddies, too.

Posted by Fred 2002-08-07 08:13:53|| 2002-08-07 08:13:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The royal house of saud is in pretty deep kimchee here. They are a long way from beloved by 'their people' and we really dont need them to stage our bases to attack Iraq. Turkey, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Qatar, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates will suffice. As far as oil goes they need to sell it much more than we need to buy it.

Ive was thinking over the weekend that the islamofacists have turned to terrorism for the same reason that the japanese turned to kamikaze attacks. The use of kamikazes was not a strategy that would win the war, but one that would help ensure the best terms of surrender, I think that same thing applied to the islamofacists.

What Im thinking is this:

1) the idea of 'islamic pan-nationalism' is dying, they've lost, they cant compete against the west in any capacity and nothing will change that. If it wasnt for an accident in geology, they would already be as gone as the people of easter island.

2) So what do you do instead? make sure you get the best terms you can quickly before youre in no position to say anything.

3) I think the screwed up. I dont think it turned out quite like they planned. Just as the japanese failed to understand that the kamikaze attacks at okinawa lead directly to the decision to drop the bomb on hiroshima.

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Im happy that we arent in Saudi, and I hope our 'King Khalid Air Force Base' was built by the very best government contractors we have to offer. I also hope we managed to get GPS coordinates for everything that stands upright on the site, could come in handy later....

Posted by frank martin 2002-08-07 13:18:10|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2002-08-07 13:18:10|| Front Page Top

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