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To: Pokey78

Let the jihadis have the KSA. At some point they are going to have to govern and make policy decisions. With all the westerners (and assorted other infidels) gone they will not be able to keep the oil flowing and the local economy will fall apart. The gulf emirates will move even closer to the U.S. and some of the governments in the region who are not now friendly towards us (Egypt for instance) will likely move closer to us as they are unlikely to want their citizens getting any crazy ideas about revolution when they go on a haj. Right now the Saudi princelings are not our friends; I find it hard to imagine that we will be worse off with avowed enemies in charge as opposed to enemies who pretend to be our friends.


15 posted on 06/03/2004 6:37:11 AM PDT by 91B (God made man, Sam Colt made men equal.)
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To: 91B
The Jihadis do not need the oil to run a 9th century society. And cutting off the oil will be a material defeat for the West that will wreck the Western economies. The West will recover with the coasts and ANWR opened up suddenly for oil and new nuke plants building but it will take 5-10 years and in the meantime we will be fighting a harder war.
20 posted on 06/03/2004 7:15:09 AM PDT by arthurus (Better to fight them over THERE than over HERE.)
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To: 91B

I think that could be a bigger problem then you allow. It would disrupt the world oil market, and that has real consequences. But with control of the KSA comes a military. Not competent by western standards, but if Jihadis control the SA military you can bet that the UAE etc will fall militarily immediately. Kuwait could be protected, but the rest of the sheikhdoms will be invaded.


21 posted on 06/03/2004 7:21:02 AM PDT by blanknoone (I voted for before I voted against it, didn't show up for the vote except once, but left too early)
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