“The one huge objection I had was that W rushed all the Saudi families out of the USA:”
I have an even bigger objection to Bush not going to war with the Saudi’s since they were the state sponsors of terrorism responsible for 911. Objection #2 was that he went after Saddam under false pretenses. And Objection #3 was that he piddled along, wasting human and monetary treasure for years and not winning in either Iraq or Afghanistan! All of these failings gave us Obola!
What was the story with the Saudis. How did the support of the terrorists occur. Did it stop after 9/11.
I think we could pretty much rule out the wisdom of an attempt to conquer SA. We wouldn’t have had the slightest clue what to do with it. Muslims need a stern kingdom and America piddled around trying to install democracies where the people are ill suited to it.