"Energy independence is the only answer to this stupidity."
Al Qaeda will not cease wanting to do us in just because we no longer buy Saudi oil, which I've never heard as a stated reason for their wanting to attack us to begin with. And we have nearly all our troops out of Saudi Arabia now since we no longer need to patrol a no fly zone in Iraq (a fringe benefit of having overthrown Saddam). Yet Al Qaeda still wants to do us harm.
Let's not fall prey to the battered wives syndrome interpretation of why Al qaeda hit us which says "They had to hit us, we made them mad!" No, they hit us because of who we are, what we believe, what we represent and because of what we stand in the way of their doing. Make no mistake about that.
Amen bump.
"...they hit us because of who we are, what we believe, what we represent and because of what we stand in the way of their doing. Make no mistake about that..."
well said, mike...
You better add support for Israel in there, for accuracy...