JDG wrote: > > I can tell you how we don't win the war on Islamic terror - that is by > leaving in place economic sanctions that inflamed Arab resentment against > the United States around the world, and led in large part to at least one > act of terrorism right here in the US. > It were not the sanctions against _Iraq_ that turned the saudi people [not the leaders] fanatically against the USA. It was the tribute on oil after the 1st Gulf War [for every 5 cubic meters of oil, 1 was paid and 4 were free] that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait had to pay that turned the people against the USA, because the sheiks were wise enough to blame the USA when they had to cut social benefits to their slav... oops... people.
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