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To: Lou Weed who wrote (271474)	11/12/2009 5:13:58 PM
From: Hawkmoon	2 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 281500

Of course they are......that's what they do.....they're thugs. The same thing happens with any dictatorship or oligarchy Glad we finally agree on something. Saudi Arabia is considered our ally and they use violence in order to establish a non-democratic government. I don't particularly consider them our Ally, at least not the same degree as the UK, Canada, or even Japan. The Saudis know that they "this close" to being overthrown by US forces if they didn't rein in their Wahabbist militant elements. We ARE also pressuring them to commence democratization at a local level to build legitimacy for the regime. But it's going to be a long road there. Personally speaking, I would be more in favor of overthrowing the Saudis and letting the Hashemites control the Arabian Peninsula. They, at least, have some measure of legitimacy in Jordan and King Abdallah is very western minded and progressive. And it would resolve, to some degree, the issue over a Palestinian homeland, since Jordan is, by all contrived definitions, Palestinian. (I say "contrived" because there has NEVER been any such historically recognized entity/ethnicity as a "Palestinian". It came about with Arafat and the PLO). Of course, that's rather "controversial".. ;0) Oh and by the way.....how many of the 911 hijackers were Saudis???? Ask Sarman.. he thinks it was all a Mossad/CIA plot. Hawk