Cenk Uygur asks Whos funding the Sunnis?
The Bush administration claims that they care so much about protecting our troops in Iraq that they are going to go after Iran, who is at most responsible for 8% of US fatalities. Then, why not go after the people funding the Sunnis instead? After all, they are the ones doing the great majority of attacks against our beloved troops.
The answer appears to citizens of Saudi Arabia. Frankly this shouldn’t surprise anyone. Many of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. Yet, we have heard virtually nothing about the role that Saudi citizens may have in aiding the Sunni insurgency from either the administration or the news organizations. On the other hand, the Iranian threat is hyped by Bush and media despite the fact that the government we are supposedly working with is, at least, Iran friendly. This just reinforces the idea that Bush is simply determined to attack Iran.This also brings up the question of exactly what is the relationship between the US and Saudi Arabia.
There has always been an important business relationship whereby the Saudis sell us oil and we provide security for the rulers. However, such ties are not nearly as important as the cultural, religious ties between the Sunnis of Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It has always been in the best interest of the Saudi rulers to have a secular Iraq between them and the Shiites of Iran. This was why the US helped Saddam in his war against Iran. It would appear that the Saudis may be starting to hedge their bets and cultivate more friends. The recent visit by Putin emphasizes this. As a result of this visit, the possibility of the Saudis and Russians could cooperate on a nuclear program. Link
3 comments:
Yes they are and the Shites are funded by Iran/USA. Notice the Kurds aren't funded by the USA yet they have developed their land and have a President and new flag. All the Kurds are waiting for is the land with oil. In other words Bush picked the wrong team. Bush/Cheney wanted all the oil, only to lose it all. They thought the Middle East people were dumb yet the Middle East turned the tables on the US. The Saudis played the US and Iran played the US while Bush being an idiot walked right in. Cheney was blinded by greed so he was never in the game. Looks like the last laugh is on the Bush Administration.
"Looks like the last laugh is on the Bush Administration."
Yup....
Saudis & Sunnis, Sunnis & Saudis, no surprise whatsoever, Most Saudis are Sunnis anyhow
The US does not belong over in that mess, if this WH insists on staying the course we will have trouble over here stateside, because the Arab world has had it with the mess we have made over there, from Afghanistans fleeing to Pakistan and wherever they could, to all Iraqis fleeing everywhere, just a mess and it's much worse for those who must live over there.
Jackie is right they are smart over there, and they have had the US under a microscope for some time, now the US is under an electron microscope
I heard John McCain on the campaign trail on C Span and he thinks better intelligence is what is going to win the war on terror.......??? well Guiliani is out in front for the GOP still? Why??
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