BF2S Forums A Quick Clarification of Al Quida vs. Shiite Insurgents

IG-Calibre wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

So...  given all this information, why not leave Iraq and fight the Sunni nutjobs in Afghanistan and Pakistan?  Isn't that more relevant to our own safety than Iraq?

Wahhabism eh? So what about Saudi Arabia? How comes Bush walks about holding hands with them? & even though the majority of the 9/11 hi-jackers came from Saudi Arabia, why isn't the might of the US military rolling in there?

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IG-Calibre wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

IG-Calibre wrote:

Wahhabism eh? So what about Saudi Arabia? How comes Bush walks about holding hands with them? & even though the majority of the 9/11 hi-jackers came from Saudi Arabia, why isn't the might of the US military rolling in there?

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Because Saudi Arabia has been working with us in fighting terrorism (They have busted several terrorist rings since 9/11). Because you don't attack a state government because a few of it's citizens have chosen to do wrong.

Yet you go in and totally destroy a country, killing countless hundreds of thousands of men, women & children, that had nothing at all to do with 9/11? while deliberately miss leading the American people by convincing them that that regime that had to be replaced backed AQ attacks on 9/11 while maintaining good relations with the country that you know full well is the centre of the Ideology that drives AQ - Riiiiiiiiiight Gotcha! thanks for clearing that up for me..

DeathBecomesYu wrote:

IG-Calibre wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

So...  given all this information, why not leave Iraq and fight the Sunni nutjobs in Afghanistan and Pakistan?  Isn't that more relevant to our own safety than Iraq?

Wahhabism eh? So what about Saudi Arabia? How comes Bush walks about holding hands with them? & even though the majority of the 9/11 hi-jackers came from Saudi Arabia, why isn't the might of the US military rolling in there?

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Actually Bin Laden chose mostly Saudis because he would love the downfall of the Saudi Arabian government. One of Bin Laden's main targets is Saudi Arabia and what better way to strike at both enemies than to do what he did. Of course people look at 9/11 now and bring up this point over and over forgetting that it was a very calculated move by B.L.. Most people are smart enough to know why B.L. picked mostly Saudis to do the job.

CameronPoe wrote:

DeathBecomesYu wrote:

Actually Bin Laden chose mostly Saudis because he would love the downfall of the Saudi Arabian government. One of Bin Laden's main targets is Saudi Arabia and what better way to strike at both enemies than to do what he did. Of course people look at 9/11 now and bring up this point over and over forgetting that it was a very calculated move by B.L.. Most people are smart enough to know why B.L. picked mostly Saudis to do the job.

I was recently at a training course held by a consultant who worked all over the middle east. He told me he no longer works in Saudi Arabia - he used to quite a bit in the 80s and 90s - but he said now if the Saudis see a westerner coming into their shop they just turn their backs and ignore them. The picture he painted of Saudi Arabia is not a pretty one - a revolution is building there. The days of the House of Saud are numbered.

CameronPoe wrote:

DeathBecomesYu wrote:

Actually Bin Laden chose mostly Saudis because he would love the downfall of the Saudi Arabian government. One of Bin Laden's main targets is Saudi Arabia and what better way to strike at both enemies than to do what he did. Of course people look at 9/11 now and bring up this point over and over forgetting that it was a very calculated move by B.L.. Most people are smart enough to know why B.L. picked mostly Saudis to do the job.

I was recently at a training course held by a consultant who worked all over the middle east. He told me he no longer works in Saudi Arabia - he used to quite a bit in the 80s and 90s - but he said now if the Saudis see a westerner coming into their shop they just turn their backs and ignore them. The picture he painted of Saudi Arabia is not a pretty one - a revolution is building there. The days of the House of Saud are numbered.

Turquoise wrote:

DeathBecomesYu wrote:

IG-Calibre wrote:

Wahhabism eh? So what about Saudi Arabia? How comes Bush walks about holding hands with them? & even though the majority of the 9/11 hi-jackers came from Saudi Arabia, why isn't the might of the US military rolling in there?

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Actually Bin Laden chose mostly Saudis because he would love the downfall of the Saudi Arabian government. One of Bin Laden's main targets is Saudi Arabia and what better way to strike at both enemies than to do what he did. Of course people look at 9/11 now and bring up this point over and over forgetting that it was a very calculated move by B.L.. Most people are smart enough to know why B.L. picked mostly Saudis to do the job.

Uh... Well, Osama was interested in getting American troops out of Saudi Arabia, but he's related to one of the most powerful families in Saudi Arabia.  He still receives funding from someone in that family, but we haven't figured out exactly who it is.

I'd imagine that means Osama doesn't have as much against that government as he does its connections to the U.S.

Turquoise wrote:

DeathBecomesYu wrote:

IG-Calibre wrote:

Wahhabism eh? So what about Saudi Arabia? How comes Bush walks about holding hands with them? & even though the majority of the 9/11 hi-jackers came from Saudi Arabia, why isn't the might of the US military rolling in there?

http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/phot … olding.jpg

Actually Bin Laden chose mostly Saudis because he would love the downfall of the Saudi Arabian government. One of Bin Laden's main targets is Saudi Arabia and what better way to strike at both enemies than to do what he did. Of course people look at 9/11 now and bring up this point over and over forgetting that it was a very calculated move by B.L.. Most people are smart enough to know why B.L. picked mostly Saudis to do the job.

Uh... Well, Osama was interested in getting American troops out of Saudi Arabia, but he's related to one of the most powerful families in Saudi Arabia.  He still receives funding from someone in that family, but we haven't figured out exactly who it is.

I'd imagine that means Osama doesn't have as much against that government as he does its connections to the U.S.

Turquoise wrote:

Kmarion wrote:

Turquoise wrote:

Uh... Well, Osama was interested in getting American troops out of Saudi Arabia, but he's related to one of the most powerful families in Saudi Arabia.  He still receives funding from someone in that family, but we haven't figured out exactly who it is.

I'd imagine that means Osama doesn't have as much against that government as he does its connections to the U.S.

Didn't Saudi Arabia kick him out and revoke his citizenship a long time ago?

Yes, but many of Saudi Arabia's people considered him a hero.  Some still do.

CDK3Y wrote:

Well, its all the way people look at the religion, some say everybody should live in peace with each other, no matter what the religion is, because we are all creations of Allah, some people think that Islam should dominate the world, but the latter mentality is very rare, maybe 1-2 percent of the Islamic world, I will research into this and post it up later, as some things i am saying might be wrong. but the main thing is how the people think towards their religion.