A Saudi doing pilot training in Florida ends up killing people.

[ArtTownsend]

Where have I seen this movie before...

[roamer65]

1. Wahhabi Islamist probably.

It’s the specific type of religious poison that the Saudis export.

Ours is fundamentalist fake Christianity.

[ArtTownsend]

2. Yup, its religious imperialism. The Saudis have the oil money and the protection of the US.

[uriel1972]

6. Nothing "fake" about it if they truly believe they are Christians.

The Bible is full of things that can be used to justify their position as strongly (if not more so) than the progressive side.
And, yes if you have to ask, I have read the Bible at least twice. And that was reading it from the first page straight to the last and not just dropping in on the passages that agree with my views on justice.

[ck4829]

9. This kind of thing doesn't help us

[ck4829]

10. Yep

[RockRaven]

3. If the US government was rational, the Saudis and Iran would be treated about the same...

because their behavior is about the same.

Theocratic-ish rule which completely curb-stomps individual liberties? Yes, yes.
Execute/assassinate critics and dissidents? Yes, yes.
Fight regional wars through proxies? Yes, yes.
Commit war crimes or acts of war with state military services? Yes, yes.
Lots of fossil fuels to export? Yes, yes.
No real control over the levers of government by the populace? Yes, yes.

Instead, almost everyone in DC, including far too many Democrats, treats the Saudis like they are not a murderous theocratic dictator clan. It is fucking ridiculous.

[TeamPooka]

7. bingo

[Flaleftist]

4. The oddest part is why not wait until he was in control of a military aircraft?

If his goal was a terrorist attack, that would give him the best opportunity for maximum damage, not shooting people with a pistol. There has to be more to this story.

[Throck]

5. Was the pilot washing out of flight school?

The story sounds like a making of a novel.

[brewens]

8. Our response to 9/11 should have been an ultimatum to the Saudi's that we want

Bin Ladin's head in a box or else! With all the Saudi's involved and the intelligence operations they run and they knew nothing? They have all kinds of spooks running around, and Mossad probably has agents up their butts 24/7. Nope, no one saw it coming. I was telling people the whole time Bin Ladin was probably hiding out in a Saudi palace. That's not where they got him, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had him for awhile.

[Captain Zero]

11. I'm with you, the nativist uprising in this country should be to DEPORT Saudis and Russians.

Send all the fucking Saudis out of this country.
Send all the fucking Russians out of this country
Start out there and figure out what the hell is going on after that.

Every last one of the fuckers. Embassies, consulates, oil men, and easter egg painters. All of them.