[Zhang Fei]

My guess is that this is partly payback for the bin Ladins being indirectly involved (through their blood ties to Osama) in a supersized coup attempt against the Saudi royal family via the 9/11 attacks. The idea behind the attacks was that the US would invade Saudi Arabia and topple the al-Saud family, thereby uniting the Muslim world behind al Qaeda’s plan to make bin Laden the first Caliph since the Ottomans were removed from power by Kemal Ataturk. Assuming al Qaeda was able to eject the US from Saudi Arabia the way the Afghans ejected the Soviets, the bin Ladin family would graduate, from mere retainers to a royal family, to being the royal family.

In addition, Saudi Arabia also suffered a huge hit to its favorability rating among Americans in the wake of 9/11. It went from 47% favorable and 46% unfavorable in Feb 2001 to 29% favorable and 67% unfavorable in Feb 2019, almost 18 years after the 9/11 attacks. In a traditional Arab society where collective responsibility is pretty much a given, there's no question that the bin Ladin family has a lot to answer for.

[Farmer Dean]

Here’s hoping that the Saudis head chop Osama’s DNA to extinction.

[yarddog]

Interesting.

[bert]

Or, the company is over extend and in a downturn of mega projects tried to cut political funding corners and is unable to recover

[Capt. Tom]

My guess is that this is partly payback for the bin Ladins being indirectly involved (through their blood ties to Osama) in a supersized coup attempt against the Saudi royal family via the 9/11 attacks.

I would think the Saudis would be proud of Osama bin Laden and the Muslims who attacked us on 9-11.

The Saudis are Wahhabi Sunni Muslims and have spent billions of dollars all over the world to promote the fundamentals of Islam, which means they would not have any use or love for us infidels , and would relish us getting killed. - Tom

[Spiridon]

Saudi Arabia’s theology inspired Al-Qaeda the movement which is something greater than Al-Qaeda the organization.

In Syria and other places the movement inspired by Saudi theology lives on and the USA should not be involved in supporting the jihadists of Saudi Arabia like in Syria.