Why do Republicans seem to ignore the Saudi's??

Question

We've already known that the majority of the hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia.. Now a new study shows that 45% of who we're fighting in Iraq are also from Saudi Arabia. How come there's so much talk about Iran, Syria, N. Korea.. But the Saudi's are never mentioned.. Isn't it obvious that their population is our biggest threat?

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Quote from the article- "About 45% of all foreign militants targeting US security forces and Iraqi civilians are from Saudi Arabia, compared with 15% from Syria and Lebanon, the Los Angeles Times reported on Monday."

Razgriz01-- Heck yes we can blame the Saudi govt!!! Why shouldn't we? They do nothing while they know of all the anti-U.S. propaganda floating around their country. They may be friends with Dubya, but they are NOT friends of the U.S....

Answer 1

Not ignore, but it's a matter being pragmatic. The Saudi's do generally attempt to remove terrorist cells in their country, and have had mild reforms.

Since sometime they broke 'official' ties with al queda, but some in the family tend to be seen as a financier at times. Most of that funding is put through extreme teachings rather than direct terrorist funding....I believe this to be just as dangerous, but it isn't entirely denounced.

I see them like I see Pakistan. Pakistan has the weapons, while the Saudi's have the petro. Whether we (ie the US, EU and china) like it or not, we are dependent on them. Their energy source is linked to the overall long-term price of petro. Pakistan wasn't addressed enough before it made it's nucluer arms. So if we chose to heavy-hand either of them, they could easily screw things up big-time. With them our options, we are limited.... and in ways I wouldn't want to attack them...it would be best to marginalize them or change them.

The idea is to keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

I think the best way forward is...

We do need to moved toward oil shale, algae biomass, cellulosic biomass, electric vechicles....whatever is economic feasible. I say this as a long-term security measure both for the US and the world. Along with the installment of thorium technology, which would help us with Iran...because thorium is a nucluer technology that can be produced without weapons grade material.

A lot of what happens in a failure in both parties...to avert responsibilities to later generations. Sure the repub admin makes mistakes, as did every other president. I could tell you the common sense approach, but that wasn't followed since the late 70's, if not earlier. One can't just blame the pubs for all of this.

Answer 2

If Western civilization doesn't get tough on "Islamism" and either send them home or worse, all of us will suffer the consequences of what can only be called a racial and religious war against us that will drag us into the darkest of ages, blacker than the robes that they swaddle their women in. I ,for one, would rather die than be converted by a sword at my neck to any belief system. I will fight, my family will fight--join us now--call for the return of Muslims to their own countries. Withdraw their citizenship and send them, as well as those who have converted to their murderous system, back to their own lands.

Here is what they believe:

Political Correctness is the Incubator of Islamism
by Amil Imani

14 Feb, 2007

Time and again we are told by the politically correct “experts” not to worry about Islam posing a threat to our way of life. We are repeatedly lectured that only a very small minority of Muslims are troublemakers who are giving the peaceful masses of Muslims a bad name. We are also informed that the terrorists, who happened to be Muslims, are the disaffected and the young. And not to worry, since as the fire of youth turns to ashes of old age the rebellious will mellow, as they always have.
With heavy assurances like this, coming from so many know-it-all authoritative figures, we can sleep soundly without the aid of sleeping pills. After all, people reason that these pundits are “experts” whose job is to know and tell it like it is. Those who voice contrary views must be a bunch of racist, alarmist hate mongers. Who is right?

Wouldn’t be more prudent to let the facts settle the matter, rather than blindly accepting either position? Of course it would, except for one huge problem. In the face of threats, people tend to go to the mind’s medicine cabinet and take a few denial and rationalization pills, in the same way that it is the aspirin bottle they turn to when a headache strikes. Why not? We are the Easy Species. We love effortless, quick and simple solutions. And that’s not invariably bad. It has given us all kinds of labor and time saving devices.

Yet, the Islam problem is very real and deadly. Neither the pronouncements of the experts, nor the tranquilizing pills of the mind can make it go away. It is here and it shows every sign of imposing itself on us.

Europe is already badly infected with Islamism. It is the coal-miners’ canary. It is telling us that the next stop is America. We must act and act now. We must not sacrifice our cherished way of life and the lives of our children at the altar of political correctness: the incubator of Islamofascism

Answer 3

I just heard something about this. The Saudi royality and Mr. Bush are buds and allies. And you know how that plays out with the president.

Answer 4

can you blame the Saudi government? we can blame the Irani and Syrian governments, but not Saudi Arabia's.

Answer 5

Because they are not sanctions by the Saudi Government. They are brought in with the blessing of Syria and Iran.

Answer 6

We don't. but if we told the left who we were watching they'd support the them for unlawful infringement of privacy laws..