Divide and Conquer?

Submitted by James Glennon (United States), Nov 19, 2002 at 11:03

First Iraq, then Saudi Arabia... Iran is falling by itself...as will all the others. Militant Islam was put in motion by Saudi Arabia in the 50's as a desperate attempt to keep its people in the 13th century. It failed...and the Saudis can't now stop it. The world's Islamic people are choosing right now...13th century or 21st?

I think this is what Bush told the Saudi prince at the Texas ranch after 9-11. "If you don't stop it...we will." The Islamists in Saudi Arabia are now at the prince's throat. Like the Sorcerer's Apprentice.... or Hitler in 1939... he is forced to deal with what he started and he is in trouble. Whether he stops them or we do...Saudi Arabia will never be the same.

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