[VOA]

Do you think the Saudis are among those "who have it coming"?

Some certainly do.
But the broad-brush should be kept in check.
Although I only heard it on an ABC News special by John Miller, the reason OBL has
kidney "disease" is that he his kidneys were damaged by an attempted assassination by
poisoining by Saudi security operatives.
(AFAIK, Miller is maybe just about the only USA reporter who traveled to
interview OBL before 9-11; Miller seems to be a fairly straight-shooter as
mainstream journalists go.)

The House of Saud and the country of Saudi Arabia are in a mess; who knows how long
it will stand?

As an average white-bread sort of American who routinely was asked if I "minded"
extra inspections when going through security BEFORE 9-11...you're talking to someone
who started to disdain air travel before 9-11.
Heck, I'd get the rectal exam...and I never exhibited the "warning signs" that
should have gotten Mohammed Atta and Co. pulled out of line the morning of 9-11
(one-way tickets, bought with cash, etc.)

I used to travel by air about 4-5 times per year before 9-11.
After the Bravo Sierra of the TSA...I travel twice a year, max.
And the airlines/guvmint wonder why the economy has taken so long coming back.

[ml/nj]

Me:
 Do you think the Saudis are among those "who have it coming"?

You:
  Some certainly do.
  But the broad-brush should be kept in check.

Would you have said the same thing about righteous Nazis?

Certainly there were some. Saudi Arabia is a country that tolerates keeping women inside burning buildings so that they might not be seen without their heads covered. Saudi Arabia is a country that finances almost all the mosques here in the US. These are the same mosques that find it difficult to criticize the 9/11 massacre. I sure these folks revere the "great sovereign" Mahmud.

Open your eyes.

ML/NJ