Originally Posted by
WillBrink
I did not. When/where did that happen? I know they claimed to have totally disconnected from him and he them, but I was not aware of any physical attacks. Still not our job to protect his family due their connections.
The Bin Laden's are connected to the Saudi Royal family which has also been subject to attacks. Basically the Taliban / Al Quida / Bin Laden would love to see them all die on fire. But it's a strange dynamic. The Saudi Royal family is also involved in promoting Wahhabi and according to some reports complicit in the 9-11 attacks. But because they play footsie with the US they are a target of the extremists.
I'm sure you are aware of the Truman accord and how the US supports the security of the Saudi royal family when hardliners would prefer a pure Islamic theocracy. And in return they are supposed to keep a lid on the radicals and provide us favorable oil prices, of course they haven't exactly been holding up their end of that deal since the 1970s.
It's all a mess where our enemies are technically allies and while parts of the Royal family are fighting terrorism other parts are funding and supporting terrorism all the while also being targeted by the same terrorists from time to time. The important thing is the Saudi Royal family and the Bin Laden's are a larger group of people than the Brady Bunch with many divergent interests.
Despite that complexity, I'd have been good with a low yield nuke strike on Riyadh once we confirmed the nationality of the 19 hijackers. Several areas of Yemen as well.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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