Who Needs Enemies? by Robert Gore
If, way back in 2001, the Bush administration had been serious, as it said it was, about going after “state sponsors of terrorism,” the first front should have opened against Saudi Arabia. Most of the 9/11 jihadists and suspected mastermind Osama bin Laden were from Saudi Arabia, and there is strong suspicion that 28 pages of the Senate report on its investigation of 9/11 that has still not been publicly released (notwithstanding an Obama promise to do so) contain damning evidence of wealthy Saudis’ and the Saudi government’s involvement.
The Saudis and the US had supported the Afghan Mujahideen—led by bin Laden—who bedeviled the Soviets in the 1970s and 1980s (see “A Perfect Time to Leave the Middle East”). The 9/11 attacks were neither the first nor the last time that the US government’s designs to “use” Islamic extremist group have blown up in its face. As Putin noted: “Gentlemen, the people you are dealing with are cruel but they are not dumb. They are as smart as you are. So, it’s a big question: who’s playing who here?”
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The Saudis and the US had supported the Afghan Mujahideen—led by bin Laden—who bedeviled the Soviets in the 1970s and 1980s (see “A Perfect Time to Leave the Middle East”). The 9/11 attacks were neither the first nor the last time that the US government’s designs to “use” Islamic extremist group have blown up in its face. As Putin noted: “Gentlemen, the people you are dealing with are cruel but they are not dumb. They are as smart as you are. So, it’s a big question: who’s playing who here?”
This is an excerpt. For the full article, please click the link above.
Because the world economy is between the toilet bowl and the ocean, everybody is doing what ever they can now to get their share. All who die are collateral damage and the porn pushers do not care. Russia would love to make a mistake and bomb the saudi oil infrastructure. Say what you will but it all boils down to MONEY. Why else would it be written up in the WSJ!
Jan
Any action against the Saudi's would be the death of the near-monopoly petro-dollar trading and that would mean an immediate plunge in the dollar's value. This could cause skyrocketing inflation in the US, imo, reversing all the benefits of the boom in oil and gas production.
Supply and demand.
Of course the looters in the banking industry would be tipped off first, so they would have time to short the dollar, causing it to start to fall even before the announcement.
(There are other less important reasons for the dollar's long time strength. The second reason the dollar was strong was the US held a large amount of gold and until the 70's backed the dollar with gold, but both those things have changed. The third reason was the US leadership in trade and manufacturing in the world which is no more. The fourth reason is threat of military action by the US. That is the only reason that would remain.)
wondering "Wha Happun?" -- we need to grow up. -- j
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Meanwhile I'm going to have a good chateaubriand with a nice sauce ...some fresh......and a little smidgen of ....
What's on your menu?
Jan
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Jan
you might have told -- gets all tangled up! -- j
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I have 2 questions. Where are you seeing the American people calling for blood and what do you mean by throwing out the Constitution?
Not with a bang but a whimper...
Not with a bang but a whimper......