[philosofy123]

The Saudis were responsible for 9/11, and yet Bush II let them off the hook. He let a plain load of their citizens; including Bin Laden relatives leave the US, as our citizens were not allowed to fly. The first bombs should have been on this filthy desert barbarian regime. Bush failed us by focusing on Iraq instead of focusing on Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Bush failed us by focusing on Iraq instead of focusing on Saudi Arabia, and Iran."

I disagree...we are making progress in both Saudi Arabia and Iran simply by creating a MidEast beachhead in Iraq. We had an immediate justification for going into Iraq based on Soddom's flouting of the UN. Saudi Arabia and Iran, however, will be addressed with a more nuanced approach, wherein we subtly encourage the growing freedom forces to flourish and hopefully overthrow their despotic rulers. Even with the well-established Saudi link to 9/11, we wouldda had a hard time justifying an Iraqi-like invasion of that country, imho.

FReegards...MUD