When I say that the NeoCons support Saudi Arabia, and look the other way at their fundamentalist anti-liberal global propaganda campaign, I am speaking about their actions, not their words.
Yes, I can read the papers on the AEI, which sharply criticise Saudi Arabia. But the NeoCons have been driving U.S. policy now, since September 2001. Almost 2 years. So they have a track record, a series of actions on which to judge them. And their actions have been to stand solidly with the Saudis. The deletion, for political purposes, of the Saudi connection to 9/11 in the report, is just one piece in a pattern. Again, Neocon actions don't match words.
Rant on Saudis buying U.S. politicians:
What we need, is a political culture where politicians, when they are given power, have to take life-long vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to the Constitution. We have devolved into a political culture where money matters more than votes, more than ideas, more than ideology, money trumps all, basic honesty and accountability is not expected of anyone. Until then, we'll get liars like Clinton and Bush. |
