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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Zoltan! who wrote (219139)	1/16/2002 4:17:20 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) of 769670

Whatever... I'm no 'Dem' though.... You don't think stopping one day short of Bagdad (when the Saudis whistled) might have contributed any to our current 'Saddam' problems, do you? Or earlier, tilting towards Iraq and turning a blind eye to their biological and chemical warfare developments... or even earlier, facilitating armament resupply during the 10 year long, murderous Iran war. Since it has been official US policy ever since 1929 (stated or otherwise) to support authoritarian strongman types in the oil producing regions of the middle east... just so long as they kept the oil flowing... and oppose anyone who might upset the apple cart (popular leader or otherwise).... Since this common thread flows through US administrations of ALL stripes, Democrat and Republican, it is perhaps foolish to worry over-much about latter day events that are long removed from the start of this saga. Wahabbism has been promulgated by the Saudis since at least the 1930s (an Arab take on 'Religion as the opiate of the masses') in a calculating manner: let the religious schools teach any type of fundamentalist mantra that they wish... and take over the common people's education... just stay away from upsetting the Royal family's hold on the oil revenue. That this was also OUR foreign policy for low these many years, (and now it has reared back and bit us in the ass) merely shows a typical American lack of foresight... something that has been much commented on in this century.

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