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To: KLP who wrote (138080)	6/26/2004 2:06:54 PM
From: Noel de Leon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Answer the question, WWIII? which countries would be fighting which countries? And thanks for pointing out the obvious, no oil, no transportation. Pity you can't see that WWIII would then be difficult to fight as well.

To: KLP who wrote (138080)	6/26/2004 4:51:01 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<<<Shut down the economy of the world, and you can guess. Even your moped or SUV will halt...shipping, air transport, plastics, manufacturing, food processing and shipment...etc. >>> The relationship of the US to Suadi Arabia is too important to both countries to permit any kind of war between to two. If the Saudis cannot handle the terrorists and protect their industry they will get all the foreign help they need to do the job. The UN and Nato are coming closer to supporting the new Iraq and with SA oil being even more important than that of Iraq, a UN, SA, US, Nato coalition would be a formidable force for the East to deal with. The only significant force in opposition would be a nuclear armed Iran. Which may be the reason Iran seeks nukes and a reason they should not be permitted to get them. saudi-american-forum.org <<<Saudi Arabia's Majlis Al-Shoura (its fledgling national parliament) has more American educated Ph.D.'s than the U.S. Congress. The Ministers and Deputy Ministers of most of the key economic agencies and ministries were American educated. The faculties of the Kingdom's regional and national universities are dominated by U.S. degree-holders, similarly among doctors at the hospitals. In the Saudi private sector, generational change is sweeping family groups, partnerships, and closed joint stock businesses. The sons and daughters who were sent for American educations in the 70's and 80's are taking over. And in the big public companies (the wholly-Saudi and the joint ventures), it is the young American-educated Saudi executives who are moving into the ranks of top management>> And on the economic front is our trade with SA. Despite our disagreement with moral standards or internal workings of SA, no American President in either first or second term is going to destroy our own economy by going to war with SA. Those terrorists who are hoping to create an East -West conflagration are doomed to failure. <<<< Saudi Arabia was one of the largest export markets for several of the U.S. states, most notably Washington State ($6 bil), Texas, New York, California, and Michigan ($3-4 bil), and DC, New Jersey, Virginia, and Illinois ($1-2 bil) with more than $12 bil coming from the other U.S. states. The experience of Washington State provides a good case study on the importance of exports to Saudi Arabia for local employment. In 1998, the state's exports to the Kingdom peaked at $2.2 billion (reflecting commercial aircraft sales by Boeing to the Saudi Arabian Airlines). By 2000, exports had dropped by $1.4 bil to only $0.8 billion. From 1998-2000, total Washington exports fell from $37.9 bil to $33.3 bil, or by $4.6 billion. The drop in exports to Saudi Arabia accounted for one third of the overall decline.>>> Sig