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BBKing · 03-02-2008, 07:41

He turned against Saud when they started allowing US troops on Saudi soil, presumably.

Also often overlooked is that when the US was throwing weapons and money at jihadis in Afghanistan, bin Laden refused (extremely angrily)*. He of course had money of his own, but it's instructive as to his mindset. The guys we did throw money to either ended up as our pet warlords or as Taliban supporters, and occasionally both, at various times. What they aren't, and never will be, are nice, safe puppet democrats. Drug dealers and murderers, more like.

* Unusually for a Middle Eastern terrorist he's a lot more anti-US than anti-Israel, as can be seen by the relatively few al-Qaeda attacks on Israeli targets. The vast majority are either on Western economic interests or the US military, with Muslim nations who rely on Western tourism in there too. The plan appears to be to try and undermine pro-western regimes in Muslim countries and to weaken the US economically, which seems to be working with the amount of cash going up in smoke in Iraq.

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BBKing R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: London Services: 20Mb VM CM, Virgin TV Posts: 5,983	Re: What did hit the Pentagon? He turned against Saud when they started allowing US troops on Saudi soil, presumably. Also often overlooked is that when the US was throwing weapons and money at jihadis in Afghanistan, bin Laden refused (extremely angrily). He of course had money of his own, but it's instructive as to his mindset. The guys we did throw money to either ended up as our pet warlords or as Taliban supporters, and occasionally both, at various times. What they aren't, and never will be, are nice, safe puppet democrats. Drug dealers and murderers, more like. Unusually for a Middle Eastern terrorist he's a lot more anti-US than anti-Israel, as can be seen by the relatively few al-Qaeda attacks on Israeli targets. The vast majority are either on Western economic interests or the US military, with Muslim nations who rely on Western tourism in there too. The plan appears to be to try and undermine pro-western regimes in Muslim countries and to weaken the US economically, which seems to be working with the amount of cash going up in smoke in Iraq.