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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (111182)	8/12/2003 9:02:54 PM
From: GST	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

On 9/11 we were attacked by Saudis -- nationals from a country whom we have cultivated a "special relationship" and where we station troops to "protect" them from Iraq. Iraq, the other hand played no role in attacking us and played no meaningful role in anti-US terrorism. Our response? Invade Iraq and station 150,000 troops there while doing next-to-nothing about the Saudis. We supported Iraq in days-gone-by to contain Iran, where the Iranians rose up against our friend and brutal dictator the Shah of Iran. Lets not kid around about why we are hated in the ME. And lets not kid ourselves about "liberation". Terrorism is a byproduct of our oil dependence and our need to dominate -- we could do far more to reduce our dependence on oil, not just on ME oil. But we don't. We just send more and more troops and feed the terrorists.