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To: TimF who wrote (150559)	8/28/2002 12:31:37 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1585038

if the Saudis feel they are in that much danger, let them put together their own army. Without our help (or the help of other powerful nations) they really wouldn't be able to do it. Assuming push came to shove.......which is very unlikely......and Saddam attacked the Saudis, you think the other Muslims would let Saddam take over Mecca. If you do, then you know nada about the Islam culture. But with the Saudis, we are in a dependent relationship in which we are the ones more in need. Not really. Worst comes to worst and they need our protection, and as far as the oil goes we do need to buy it bt they need to sell it even more then we need to buy it. The only time the Saudis might be at a deep disadvantage would be if the world were in a depression; otherwise, they hold the cards. I think we look weak because we have these dependent relationships like with the Saudis. The whole world knows we are not strong enough to cut back our life style and reduce our dependency on oil... I think that opinion is far from the reality. BS. Its human nature to look down at the person most needy in a relationship. And we definitely are needy when it comes to oil. ted