I'm still waiting for any of you that feel that I don't understand the current situation to explain why we continue to treat Saudi Arabia as a "close ally" despite their being the number one supplier of funding for terrorists globally.
So far the lot of you can't even attempt it because you know there's no good reason not to squeeze Saudi Arabia to our needs or take them over.
Someone who doesn't realize that there have been many politicians who have never, nor would ever do dastardly things to achieve other goals ain't much of a history scholar.
Do you assume that President Bush is without honor because you are? (I'm not accusing you.....just wondering.) I'm curious about what makes you so sure that he is an evil man when it goes against everything that anyone who has ever known or even met the the man has said.
The point has been made here that Saudi Arabia's role in all this is complex, and that there are things going on behind the scenes of which even you are unaware. I do not know why President Bush, and every President in my lifetime has considered Saudi Arabia an ally. On the surface, I don't agree with that. But I also know that just because the terrorist threat in that country has not been dealt with completely yet, does not mean that it will not be dealt with ever, as you seem to assume.
Going after the more imminent threat in Iraq does not preclude the eventual victory over terrorism in the entire region.