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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (36100)8/6/2002 1:04:57 PM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 281500
 
So you bet he's going to be "nice".. He's very vulnerable right now, stuck in the middle of two powerful forces,
extremism and western mandated reform. And he has to make a decision... regressionism or modernism and
moderation.

I read things the same way, so I confess to being puzzled by those who believe all Saudis to be enemies.

To me it makes as little sense as condemning all Americans for the beliefs of (pick one: KKK, Black Panthers, neoNazis, Democrats, Republicans, Californians, whatever turns you off.)



To: Hawkmoon who wrote (36100)8/6/2002 7:03:02 PM
From: JohnM  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 281500
 
Hawk,

I read the Saudi Arabian situation as very, very complicated right now. The best rendering of it I've read is in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs. I recommend it.

I don't think US foreign policy should attempt to create a clash of civilizations. That's, best I can tell, what Al Qaeda hopes we will do.


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