"jps" wrote in message
...
In article .net,
says...
"jps" wrote in message
...
In article et,
says...
How about we talk about the al Qaeda terrorist who was caught trying
to
detonate a chemical bomb in Jordan recently?
ABC World News Now. April 27, 2004
In an interview broadcast by ABC's World News Now, the leader of the
Al
Qaeda cell organizing the explosive and chemical attack on the
Jordanian
security headquarters and the American Embassy in Jordan stated that
he
received his training from Al-Zawahiri in Iraq, prior to the fall of
Afghanistan.
Not WMDs, fertilizer bombs. Ingredients available in large quantities
worldwide. The same variety that took 160 innocent men, women and
children's lives in Oklahoma City by one of our own.
Way to skip over the important point: al Qaeda was using Iraq as a
safe-haven while plotting the attack...long before we even went into
Iraq.
Well Jeez, Saudi Arabia was a safe haven and provided funding for al
Qaeda long before we went to Iraq. Further, 15 or the 19 hijackers who
conspired to kill 3000 of our brethren were Saudi nationals. Why didn't
we invade their country?
Because our economy couldn't handle the economic shock of the lost oil
supply. Of course, Iraq provides not only the staging area to strike
against the other countries in the region...but also enough oil to keep our
economy going should bin Laden successfully oust the Saudi royals.
There's plenty of evidence of terrorist activity in Saudi Arabia right
now!
Should we invade there next or should it be Iran?
Probably Iran, since they're closest to developing nukes. There may not be
a need to hit Saudi Arabia militarily if we're able to isolate them from the
rest of the Middle East.
Would you like to
send your children?
Of course I wouldn't like it. However, my kids are 4 1/2, 2 1/2 and 1 years
old. I'd prefer we deal with the radical Islamics now rather than in 13
years when my oldest is draft age...*AND* those same countries have nukes.