Posted on 08/01/2003 8:08:11 PM PDT by Brian S
I didn't, until the AP Wire started chattering basically the same info.
As to the Saudi people and liberation, the German, Japanese and Iraqi people probably didn't want to be 'liberated' either...but we did anyway.
Let me get this straight. The Democrats, who have denied actual de-classified intelligence and foreign intelligence reports of ties between Iraqi intelligence services and AQ are going to take Bush to task for not acting on still classified, anonymously sourced, contradicting and inconclusive reports of Saudi connections to AQ?
There is no question there are Saudi ties to AQ and the highjackers. 15/19 of the 911 attackers were Saudis. The question is, what's you're strategy for Saudi Arabia/Royal Saud family in the WoT?
The connections with al-Bayoumi and Basnan, plus the Muslim cleric in San Diego, have been generally known for...how long? Twelve, maybe eighteen, months?
The only news here is that al-Bayoumi and Basnan may have had some connection with Saudi intelligence. But this seems based more on speculation than any firm evidence.
On that basis, I can clearly see why this part of the report has been classified. It's a circumstantial construction, full of guesswork and speculation. As such, it's not fit to serve as the basis for any official accusations. Or media manipulation...
Do we trust Bush to deal with the world and Saudi, on his own time, based on seeing the big picture, or do we fall prey to the Democrats' drumbeat, who are perfectly willing to screw up our war on terror and everything else, to attack Bush.
Also note that other articles specifically mention that there is no real evidence in the 28 pages, the "evidence" is circumstantial, inconclusive, and contradictory.
Something tells me they were left in there in order to shake people up and get them talking. We all knew that the Saudi's were donating money to any terrorist group that asked for it. Wasn't Prince Bandar's wife guilty of giving money directly to one of the 19 hi-jackers?
I believe there is more to this than GWB shielding any Saudi Business buddies, Not to mention I seriously doubt GWB has ever struck a deal with any of them. I have a hard time believing the wild theory out there by the tinfoilers that the Carlyle Group had some hidden deals going down with the Bin-Laden family and the Saudi's.
There must be 50,000 democratic hacks pouring over every transaction connected with the Carlyle Group since day one, if there was any back room deals going down that involved this administration in any way the democrats would be screaming from the rooftops for hisd Impeachment. These useless democrats have been attacking this President even before he was sworn in and each and everytime so far, they have come away with egg on their faces. Something tells me that this time will be no different
Also note that other articles specifically mention that there is no real evidence in the 28 pages, the "evidence" is circumstantial, inconclusive, and contradictory.
There is nothing in here that we didn't already know -- save some speculation based on contradictory reports and inconclusive evidence.
Having failed with the Niger Incident, the media and the Democrats are now trying to turn L'affaire al-Bayoumi, et al into more Bush bashing agitprop.
We don't need to be a party to it.
That's the absolute only way to deal with this. This is just crazy, and Bush better not let this slide or I'm not voting next election.
That's great hyperbole. So, Bush has been letting the WoT slide? I don't care if you vote or not, it's your idiocy at stake, not mine.
I don't know if this is true anymore, but in the early 80's many Saudi Arabian students in the US had access to "seemingly unlimited funding". For instance the Saudi government would not only pay their tuition, but buy them a house to live in.
One might argue that they have become America's (and freedom's) greatest enemy.
"Having failed with the Niger Incident, the media and the Democrats are now trying to turn L'affaire al-Bayoumi, et al into more Bush bashing agitprop.
We don't need to be a party to it. "
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I hope Freepers and the conservative media stops and thinks first and won't jump onto the Democrats' Bush bashing bandwagon, using the Saudi Trojan Horse.
Then publish the 28 pages and get it over with. That would end the "mystery" now wouldn't it.
Call in the moles, spies, etc. (which we can't trust anyway) and tell them the gig's up.
Let the pages fly. Better yet, do it tomorrow, so all the Sunday talkie shows can pick over it and get it over with. End of problem...
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