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Man, I envy you guys! I haven't smoked any weed in many moons but if I can get my hands on some of the hallucinatory stuff you boys be smokin'...
First, Bush has shown a dogged reluctance to play tough with the Saudis even in the face of what we know about their culpability in sponsoring terrorism. Second, we don't have the Armed Services that could adequately serve as an occupying force and leave us enough left over to cover our other vulnerabilities. Third, neither the regional nor international communities would sit for us appointing our own puppet governments there. It would hit too close to home for all of them. We really would have the world against us. Fourth, occupying Saudi would be an open invitation for these terrorist groups to start "fires" in Malayasia, Europe and everywhere else just to distract us. nevermind what an vulnerability it would set up for us domestically.
No, this is the Washington Post tweaking Bush which, truth be told, may not be a bad thing.
Don't bogart that joint, my friend, pass it over to me.