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Originally Posted by Joshua G
sorry, based on your comments it sounds like you dont understand the nuance. im totally puzzled what you are implying...the bin laden people who were studying here mighta had a hand in it?
quit making something of nothing. saudis are both our friends & our enemies, exactly like iran, & russia, & china.
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I believe in there is a lot of duplicity in the Middle East.
Pakistan is a great example. You have the official government, then you have members of the government that do not fully support the government, and then you have areas of the country where the government has little or no control or support. Osama Bin Laden was caught in Pakistan, right outside of a military base; The fact that we didn't tell the government of Pakistan about the raid until after it was over tells you the United States didn't trust the government.
I think Saudi Arabia is very similar. The official government says one thing, but members of the government seem to be supporting terrorist groups.
I think the Middle East is in for a serious wake up call. The United States is now the largest producer of oil (or one of the top three largest producers of oil) and combined with electric cars we no longer rely on the Middle East for oil. The importance, power, and influence the Middle East has held will dramatically decline in the next two decades. Things will only get worse.