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- 8oz
hey peeps, this is from an online political info source...independant at that...
The clearest explanation for this failure has to do with Saudi
Arabia and the U.S. relation to the kingdom -- a relationship
that goes far beyond the Bush family or either political party.
Saudi Arabia was one of the reasons for the invasion. The U.S. intent was to frighten the Saudis into policy change,
demonstrating (a) that the Saudis were now surrounded by U.S. troops and (b) that the United States was no longer influenced by the Saudis. The goal was to force the Saudis to change their
behavior toward financing al Qaeda. Stating this goal publicly
would have destabilized the Saudi regime, however, and the United States wanted policy change, not regime change. Therefore, Washington preferred to appear the fool rather than destabilize
Saudi Arabia.
If this is the explanation -- and we emphatically do believe,
from all analysis and sources, that the administration did have a much more sophisticated strategy in place on Iraq than it hasever been able to enunciate -- then it was one with severe costs.
- jevad0
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