[RoughDobermann]

Since al-Qaeda was directly responsible for 9/11, it was logical that we went after them where they were: Afghanistan. Did the Saudis do enough to stop the 15? Obviously not. Are they doing enough now? Almost certainly not. Would an invasion of Saudi Arabia lead to a greatly reduced threat level of terrorist attacks? Nope.

[TheCause]

"Would an invasion of Saudi Arabia lead to a greatly reduced threat level of terrorist attacks? Nope."

-------Yeah, but it sure would feel good!

[Alberta's Child]

I understand that. I also know that failures at almost every level in the U.S. government led directly to 9/11, too. Unless the first battle in this "war on terror" involves the sacking of these incompetent officials, then this really isn't much of a war, is it?

[Axenolith]

Would an invasion of Saudi Arabia lead to a greatly reduced threat level of terrorist attacks? Nope.

It would if you assaulted their religeous institutions in such a way as to demostrate their impotence to the whackjob faction... If you own Mecca and Medina, you can mold Islam. The weakness of the religeon is its attachment\affinity for the tangible and physical at far greater levels than others.