Covering up for terrorists
Great post from Oliver Willis today about Bush’s weakness in the war on terror :
- America doesn’t negotitate with terrorists.
Groups who practice terrorism intentionally attack nonmilitary targets in an attempt to force governments to cave in to their demands and kowtow to their world view. History has shown us that while the short term effect of giving in to terrorism could save lives, in the long run it just encourages the immorality of civilian murder and even contributes to the deaths of more innocents. No matter what you give those who practice jihad, nothing will slake their bloodlust.
President George W. Bush made it clear in his post-9/11 speech to the nation and world that under his leadership the primary focus of the American government would be fighting against terrorism and states that support it. One of the main reasons given for the invasion and occupation of Iraq was that state’s alleged possession of weapons of mass destruction in conjunction with the claim that Saddam Hussein directly harbored and supported terrorists.
So why are Saudi Arabia’s criminal activities tolerated, aided, and covered up by the US government?
At some point, somebody needs to just come out and ask George W. Bush why he continues to go out of his way to hide the truth behind who and what caused this :
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Given the current attempts by the Saudi government to get us to declassify 9/11 documents because they believe they will be exonerated (sp?) by them, I wonder if maybe they DO have less to do with the 9/11 attacks than we liberals tend to suspect.
I don’t know shit from dick when it comes to international politics, but unless this is some kind of double-bluff on the Saudis part, it tends to support that their official line about this is the correct one–that some terrorist training may have happened in Saudi Arabia, but away from the watchful eye of the law, in small farms, (sorta like American militia groups in the U.S.). That’s not the same thing at all as being out in the open as it was in Afghanistan, with the blessings of the government.
That said, though, I still think it is ridiculous how much support we give to Saudi Arabia. They’re a fuckin’ monarchy! What would our founding fathers say if they knew we were deliberately keeping a royal government in power?
Comment by Dan — July 30, 2003 @ 8:14 pm
Friends are thieves of time. (c)
Comment by George — June 13, 2004 @ 5:06 pm