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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (439563)	8/7/2003 3:23:28 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

You are deluded.

To: TigerPaw who wrote (439563)	8/7/2003 4:06:29 PM
From: cnyndwllr	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

TP. My thoughts on the 9/11 classified pages. I think that we're all overlooking a potential motive and logical link between Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 attacks. I remember that the Washington Post ran a series of expose-like articles shortly after 9/11. As I recall, the articles detailed a chilling time link between Saudi Arabian fury with the Bush administration and the 9/11 attacks. The gist of the article was that the Saudi rulers were furious with Bush's stubborn and arrogant refusal to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that was then escalating out of control. Bush had run on the principle that it wasn't America's job to police the world and then, more importantly, had basically washed his hands of the conflict. His refusal to intervene left Sharon and Arafat on a collision course that escalated more each month with images of dead and wounded Palestinians pasted all over Arab television. In view of the Bush refusal to intervene, the Post article stated that the Saudis exploded. In the 2 weeks or so before 9/11 they evidently sent a letter to Bush telling him of their intent to evict American forces from Saudi Arabia and to convene an Arab summit to address the Palestinian issue. The reaction of the Suadis evidently opened the eyes of the Bush people. They asserted to the Saudis that they did have a policy on the conflict and hurriedly outlined the Clinton policy that Bush had refuted so dismissively in his campaign. After some diplomatic exchanges the Saudis took a more moderate position but by then we were butted up against 9/11. I think it's clear that there was some connection between the Saudi government and Bin Laden. Although it may have been no more than an agreement not to escalate their potential for conflict, it's logical to assume that Bin Ladin would not have wanted to stir up a hornets nest of Saudi government enmity when so many of his family, supporters and recruits had deep ties to Saudi Arabia and were susceptible to Saudi government reprisals. In essence, I see a relationship, maybe unspoken, where the Saudis had the power to rein in Bin Ladin's most extreme acts. Clearly Al Queda had operations involving airlines and U.S. targets in the planning stages. If, however, the relationship that I've speculated existed between the Saudis and Bin Ladin was, in fact, operative, then the Saudis were in a unique position to "let the dogs out." All it would take would be a communication to Bin Ladin that the Saudis had taken off the gloves with the U.S. and that there would be no Saudi reprisals in the event that the U.S. was targeted for a major terrorist attack. What's on the classified 28 pages and, if followed up, would that information lead to a chilling insights into the failure of the Bush administration to adopt and implement a Mid East policy that would have helped keep the lid on terrorist acts and violence against not only Israelis and Palestinians, but also Americans? How poorly equipped are Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and others in the Bush administration to deal with Middle Eastern issues and how badly will they continue to misconstrue the realities of Middle Eastern issues in the future. I suspect that any non-partison inquiry into Saudi Arabian connections with 9/11 will reveal a shocking failure of policy and diplomacy between the Bush administration and a nation that could, handled properly, have become an effective ally in the fight against terrorism. I also expect that it will reveal a de facto Saudi approval of the 9/11 attacks.