Why do some of the folks who oppose the war, feel it necessary to deny the obvious.
"Once in a while you will stumble upon the truth but most of us manage to pick ourselves up and hurry along as if nothing had happened." - Winston Churchill
Hell i am against continuing this war but dont doubt for a minute what al queda is all about.
YOU don't want to continue this war?? HELL.. I don't want to continue it either... But I think the difference between our perspectives is that I recognize that the Jihadists out there aren't going to give us that choice. And I recognize that they want to control the oil of the PG, and the economic and international power it would give them, in order to further their strategy.
jamestown.org
On December 15, 2004, in an audio recording aired on an Islamic Internet site, bin Laden attacked the Saudi regime for being "agents of infidels," as well as driving the kingdom's population to poverty, while helping enrich the U.S.-led, "anti-Muslim" West. Moreover, bin Laden stated that "oil prices should be at least $100 a barrel," and called upon Persian Gulf militants to exert themselves to prevent the West from getting Arab oil by attacking oil facilities all over the region. Bin Laden also encouraged all mujahidin "to stop the biggest theft in history as the West has been buying oil at a cheap price."2 This was the first time that al-Qaeda's leadership had openly divulged its strategy of hitting the Western economy by disrupting oil supplies and causing prices to skyrocket. Consequently, on December 16, current month NYMEX crude spiked by 5 percent to $46.28 a barrel.
jcpa.org
First they attempt to destroy the oil production facilities that provide energy to the West, then they will seek to control them for their own benefit.
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