Ironic: Saudi Royals sponsored Wahabianism and AlQaida to keep their

[LittleApple81]

power... NOW it is coming to bite their butt... somehow it is poetic justice. TOO BAD IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY ELSE!!! ASSHOLES!!!! THIEVES!!! PROCREATORS TO THE MAX (how many Royals are there???)

[bleedingheart]

1. it was blackmail money to some degree

the Sauds were living the "do as I say..not as I do" type lifestyle with many of the clerics being upset by their blatant sinful behavior. I have read that a lot of the money funneled to these Wahabbists was to keep them off their butt to begin with...

[bullimiami]

2. They have been playing both sides like mad

I wonder how long they can keep it up when Bushco and Islam are diverging at warp speed.

[bleedingheart]

3. When they can't keep up with it any longer...that will be when all

hell breaks loose in the penninsula.

[mmonk]

4. The fight against terrorism should have always focused

against Wahabianism and al queda. They have intensified attacks against American interests for over a decade now. 9/11 occurred due to this virulent form of Islam. Pressure should have always been on the Saudi government (who also is the main target of the terrorists) as well as continued pressure in Afghanistan and Indonesia. To invade Iraq was one of the biggest blunders in our history as we lost the high road with many other countries in the pursuit of the crazy neocon doctrine.

[grl2watch]

5. Loss of focus may lead to new world war

How, how, how did Congress allow the sick desire for
revenge against Saddam to be manipulated and entangled
with the legitimate need to neutralize a true enemy? Why
didn't they block this, call it out for what it was,
before we became involved in yet another quagmire?

You are too generous in calling it loss of focus. It is
terrible derilection of duty.