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Look, America has to face reality if they don’t want to fight terrorism for the next 100 years. You’re going to kill bin Laden, you’re going to kill the Taliban, but you’re going to have tens of bin Ladens and tens of Talibans coming.
What took place in New York should never, never ever happen again. But it is going to happen again, God forbid, if we don’t look at the roots of the problem.
- Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal
I think Mr. bin Talal should be barred from the United States for life, if not prosecuted - his assets here should certainly be seized, and all of them. Sort of like when the Gulf States "nationalized" the billions of dollars in assets of American oil companies not too long ago, and then declared and executed economic war on the industrialized world. Memories seem short. These statements are veiled threats, and this is clear blackmail. I have not heard Americans speaking in this tone towards the Arab world, though that might be understandable after Mr. bin Talal's fellow compatriots just murdered thousands of Americans. Yes, let's not forget: these were predominantly Saudi citizens who just killed several thousand innocent Americans for no justifiable reason. Any surprise that Saudi Arabia is not cooperating in finding and punishing those responsible? Wake up, America. This man and his ilk are dishonorable parasites who have done little more in the past hundred years than win the geographical lottery, steal from the West, oppress and victimize their own populations, and fund murdering terrorists to attack those who have made them wealthy.
Q:Ten years ago the Palestinians were all being thrown out of the Gulf because Yasir Arafat backed Saddam Hussein.
That’s an internal problem between brothers. They blundered, they goofed up, and they were penalized for sure.
Here we are: supporting a mass murdered, international criminal and user or chemical and biological weapons against not only another State but also his own people, including women and children, is merely a "blunder"? Bin Talal obviously thinks the mass murders were no big deal but blowing it politically was the error. In other words - the idea was good but the timing was wrong, stupid PLO. He believes the same now.
I saw this man interviewed on CNN. He is aggressive and arrogant. This coming from a man who made billions in New York - NOT "thanks be to God"...thanks be to American industry.
I think it's time we teach people like this a lesson. I think these statements merit his ejection from the country. They are threats upon the lives of innocent Americans. How much longer are we going to have to tolerate this? Not 5 miles from my house there is an Islamic school funded by Iran teaching children - American citizens mind you - to hate Americans and to seriously consider moving to the Gulf and joining the ranks of the "martyrs" fighting the Great Satan. I more than most am a believer in free speech, but these rights to not extend to inciting murder. PERIOD. |
