[kinghorse]

It really makes about as much sense as planning an attack on a USA refinery. The Saudi Govt would be only hurting itself if it decided to hurt the USA because we are the financiers for their economic system. Granted the theocratic element in Saudi is full of he hate mes, but the govt?, I doubt it. Why would they screw with a good thing? (Money for oil).

[jaso]

This just makes a compelling argument for US energy self-sufficiency, cut them off without a dime and let them go back to wandering the desert. They don't seem to care for 'modern' life, except when it comes to bombs of course.

I don't have any problem believing everytime a Saudi citizen asks his racehorse owning cocaine importing Prince why he doesn't have enough to eat that Prince points to the west and says: "because of the Great Satan"

[Tokhtamish]

It really makes about as much sense as planning an attack on a USA refinery. The Saudi Govt would be only hurting itself if it decided to hurt the USA because we are the financiers for their economic system. Granted the theocratic element in Saudi is full of he hate mes, but the govt?, I doubt it. Why would they screw with a good thing? (Money for oil).

Since when do religious fanatics care about money ? They viscerally resent us. They resent our power, our wealth, our freedom which in and of itself stands as a rebuke to they who believe themselves the chosen of God and entitled to dominate us infidels. It is a theocratic state. There is no distinction between the religious establishment and the government.