Which country remains the leading source of money for Al Qaeda and other extremeist groups? Not Pakistan, not Iraq, not Afghanisatan. It's our "ally," upon which we are extremely dependant: Saudi Arabia. If we recall, the majority of the 9/11 hijackers were from here. It's in ironic that though we are engaged in multiple conflicts overseas, Saudi Arabia is hardly ever mentioned. It isn't discussed by the candidates running for President.
The Bush Administration's top financial counter-terrorism official, Treasury Undersecretary Stuart A. Levy told a Senate Committee that the Saudi government has not done enough ot prevent wealthy Saudis from bankrolling extremeism. He did not want to directly criticize a U.S. ally, but he acknowlegded frustration with administration efforts to persuade the Saudis to act.
Its moments like these when I wish the American people would start asking more questions rather than believing the pontification and propaganda that they see on TV. If we were really fighting the "War on Terror," we must get out of bed with those who are financing it. This isn't an assualt on the administration, it's an overture to all Americans--myself included--to THINK about how reliant we are on a country from which it is known that the financing of terrorism comes. It is one of the world's biggest abusers of human rights and is one of the most closed countries on earth. American journalists are almost never allowed in. This is our partner?
Are we prepared to think critically and be proactive about reducing our reliance on foreign oil?
Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon said that the Saudi failures mean that Americans who pay more than $100 a barrel for oil are in effect, bacnkrolling extremeism because wealthy Saudi's "backdoor" thier profits into charities that fund extremeist causes.
Let's wake up.
The US already rules Saudi Arabia. Under cover. That's why US won't benefit from blaming it on the Saudis, because Saudi Arabia leaders are their puppets! We both know that America planned 9/11 (along with Saudi Arabia) to harass (MORE) those poor countries mentioned there, and to have a "reason" for starting a war on them.
Just get over it already, people!
And hate the big heads.
Yeah.
But one thing is clear. The Americans are not Jihadists and they live in today's world. Some Saudi's are Jihadists and they live in the world of 2000 years ago and refuse to change because what their God said has and will never change. I think if they relly want to follow their God, they should not drive cars, they should ride camels.