Despite its at times anti-Western rhetoric, Saudi Arabia has been very dependent on Western military assistance for its security needs. When President Saddam Hussein of Iraq invaded Saudi Arabia's northern neighbor Kuwait in 1990 during the Persian Gulf War, Saudi Arabia immediately requested the deployment of US troops within the country to deter further aggression.
Additionally, the country's oil exports through the shipping lanes of the Persian Gulf are protected by the US Fifth Fleet, based in Bahrain.
So one terrorist, ObSama Bin Laden, didn't like US presence in Saudi Arabia and we are supposed to leave?
You do know the terrorists have been trying to overthrow the Royal family in SA, don't you?
Strange chain of events:
ONE woman has prayer removed from our schools.
ONE man is primarily responsible for removing the word "GOD" from the public square, our pledge and soon our money.
ONE terrorist demands land for peace and sends an entire region into chaos for decades.
ONE more terrorist objects to US presence in SA, amasses an army and starts a global war using terrorism.
“So one terrorist, ObSama Bin Laden, didn’t like US presence in Saudi Arabia and we are supposed to leave?”
Wasn’t my point. I was simply trying to get someone to clarify a statement that he made that did not ring true with me.
“You do know the terrorists have been trying to overthrow the Royal family in SA, don’t you?”
Honest to God, I do not give a rats ass about the saudi royal family.
“Despite its at times anti-Western rhetoric, Saudi Arabia has been very dependent on Western military assistance for its security needs.”
So they need us, but they hate us. Sounds like a healthy relationship.
That is so right on.