Originally Posted by waitingtables

Listen, America is my home and I love it. I have no love for a people who subjugate and suppress any of it's citizens. But I don't want America tricked itno becoming one of them. Saudi Arabia may be our "ally", but they are in the top 5 of the worst offenders. And it is only the Saudi Royal family and ruling class that we are allies with, not the population. Because they hate us. We have military presence in the most holy of their lands. That is the biggest of offenses to their culture. Noone from Iraq attacked us on 9/11. 15 of the highjackers were from Saudi Arabia.