[Hacksaw]

We were invited. The Saudis, defenders of the holy shrines of Mecca and Medina, invited the U.S. to base in Saudi Arabia in order to defend the kingdom against the predations of Saddam Hussein.

True - but just because someone invites use doesn't mean we have to go. I myself have had to live for over 40 years before I discovered the basic truth that I do not have any obligation to associate with people I find objectionable.

[okie01]

I myself have had to live for over 40 years before I discovered the basic truth that I do not have any obligation to associate with people I find objectionable.

Fine and dandy.

But how would you have felt about the truth of a malignant dictator, Saddam Hussein, controlling 50% of the world's oil production?

Would that not be "objectionable"?