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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: epicure who wrote (119792)11/18/2003 5:04:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
"Most of it appears to be for legitimate purposes," one senior U.S. counter-terrorism official said of the funding. "But we are looking beyond that to the accounts that are questionable ... to determine where all the money went ... and can we link it to support of terrorism and terrorist activities."

Legitimate? Only if one believes they didn't actually know that their money was going to fund and provide support for terrorist activities. These "charities" are headed by people.. And these people, over and over again, have made hate-filled and violent speeches that erase any possibility of the Saudis claiming they "didn't know".

But we'll give them a "pass" because knowing who received that money, and how those recipients spent it, is far more valuable than beating up on the Saudis.

They've had their hands caught in the cookie jar, and now their trying to make excuses..

But so long as they have been "persuaded" to finally cooperate, then we'll take whatever support we can from them. But that doesn't mean we have to trust them.

The most extreme outcome of the investigation, the officials said, would be a recommendation to the Bush administration that Saudi Arabia be the eighth nation blacklisted as an official state sponsor of terrorism, which would prohibit any U.S. agencies or businesses from doing business with it.

And that's the only reason that I believe they have become so cooperative. With the sanctions lifted against Iraq, oil should start to flow from that country and reduce the dependence upon Saudi oil. Thus, the US would be able to economically sustain such sanctions against the Saudis.

Hawk
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