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To: Ohioan
Most of the Saudis are no longer Bedouins thanks to urbanization and the bonanza of oil wealth.

No, I don't expect them to take the Pallies, at least not the nut cases who won't be happy until they finish the job Hitler started.

But I do expect them to ease of the Israelis a little bit for trying to deal with the problem a lot more humanely than the Saudis and Kuwatis did during and immediately after the Gulf War.

Neither am I suggesting the 1/3rd Catholic minority in Northern Ireland be expelled to solve the problem there, although expelling the violent cases among them would do a service to both Catholics and Protestants who prefer to live as neighbors in peace.

Yes, Americans need to realize that Saudi Arabia has been at times a very helpful ally in stabalizing oil prices and keeping Marxism in their part of the world at bay. But Saudi Arabia likewise needs to realize it is in their own self-interest to support us even if we are largely an infidel nation whose morals shock their society.

Hell, the immorality imposed by Hollywood and the PC crowd shock more than a few of us! Instead of wailing about the Jews, their influence in our media, yada, yada, yada, they could use their oil wealth to buy a little of their own rather than depending on the often anti-American pro-Pallie media to get their message out.

11 posted on 01/17/2002 6:04:30 PM PST by Rubber Duckie
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To: Rubber Duckie; Ohioan
But I do expect them to ease off the Israelis . . .

Please note correction and let me add I am not anti-Muslim. There are very civilized varieties of the religion practiced in Turkey, Malaysia, Bahrain and even Saudi Arabia itself.

The more I read of the Koran, though, the harder I have reconciling a womanizing warrior with founders of other great religions such as Buddhism, Christianity and Zoraistism. Except for the relativly (less than 1500 year old) modern example of Mohammed, you have to go back to Greek or Roman mythology-based religions to find prophets or diety who were warriors and/or womanizers.

20 posted on 01/17/2002 6:37:55 PM PST by Rubber Duckie
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