You can never defeat an enemy when you won't acknowledge their existence

Submitted by Mr. C. (United States), Dec 29, 2006 at 13:59

Unless and until we confront the source of islamist thought, money, ideology and hatred, Saudi Arabia, we will not have begun to fight. An ignorant goatherd from the mountains of Afghanistan does not hate the west because of his own knowledge and experience, but instead learns his hatred at Madrassas funded, supplied and operated by Saudi money, often staffed by Saudi trained Imams. Unfortunately, our current leadership is comfortably held in Saudi pockets. Witness payments made to Bush Sr., etc, through Carlisle Group holdings, witness Baker & Botz esqs. representing the Bin Laden Family interests, and that Cheyney spent the past Christmas holiday consulting with his Saudi Paymasters rather than the generals in Iraq.

Frankly, we will never be able to win a war until we actively confront our real enemy. Recall the nationality of those who attacked us and you will find no Afghanis or Iraqis but only a large contingent of Saudis or Saudi trained haters. Please never forget that these "insurgencies", "acts of resistance" and "operations" are not free and can only continue with the steady flow of oil money into the coffers of these organizations. If we really wanted to stop these acts we need only go to the source of our problems. The greatest and surest fix would be to achieve energy independence from all middle eastern sources, something that will never occur while oil men occupy the executive branch.

Mr. C.

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