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And, if they were trying to defeat the perpetrators would they not have been better served by attacking the country a VAST majority of the attackers originated from?
If they were even trying to look like it was a defensive move they wouldnt have invaded Iraq 18 months later either.
Why get more into bed with them rather than attempt to divest ourselves from them?
That seems reasonable to me. I would have liked an invasion of Saudi, too, but like I say - there are some fairly significant problems there - like Mecca, for instance.
We have to do business with them anyway (all the oil, remember), so we might as well milk them for everything we can.
I dont think they should have invaded saud but, by yours and their logic, they should.
I'll see you on the next march, brother.
cause of all this (a position with which I agree), but don't actually want to do anything about it? That makes no sense. It seems you just want to wag an admonitory finger at our relationship with Saudi, but don't want us to do the one thing that would change it.
Oh, and they very much did go into Tora Bora, btw. They fought a massive campaign there, in fact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tora_Bora
stuff and the difficulties it creates in international diplomacy is not exactly an anti-war position.
I'm aware they fought the massive campaign there but crucially they allowed Bin Laden to escape.