[sam_paine]

If we weren't meddling in the politics of the mideast, and teaching them all about technology (like how to fly planes), there would have been no 911.

That elevates you from dabbling nut, to certified disconnected from reality.

[Age of Reason]

What?

It's no secret.

In the 1970s, America made a deal with the rulers of Saudi Arabia.

Goes like this:

The rulers of Saudi Arabia agreed to keep the oil flowing to the USA.

In return, the USA will use its power to keep the rulers of SA in power.

And so should any faction want to dethrone SA's rulers, the USA provides the Saudi rulers the means to supress the rebels.

And so we stuck ourselves in the middle of another country's internal power struggles.

What would you expect--the rebels would be nice to us?

It's no accident the terrorists of 911 were Saudis.