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Old 03-08-2008, 02:16 PM
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Icon7 I'm not sure I disagree with very much of your premise
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One could argue that Saudi arabia is just as powerful, if not moreso.
But, we literally hold hands with that despot,for whatever reason.
The reason is probably more than you and I are privy to, however I suspect it's because they're both rich in oil reserves and can be helpful to us in energy (oil) production as well as they've been willing to help us with staging assets (military) in our War on Terror.

Despotic regimes, including that of Saudi Arabia, should not be tolerated. I'm not going to argue with you there. It's our involvement with SA that Osama bin Laden specifically hates about the Sauds and why al Qaeda is actively trying to overthrow or assassinate the Saudi royals.

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The majority of foreign fighters in Iraq are from SA, not Iran.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0107/p02s01-usmi.html

Moreover, the sectarian strife in Iraq has been described by some as a proxy war between SA and Iran.
Again, I agree. There's nothing more embarrassing for the Sauds than this fact. They're (the Saudi officials there) trying to put a stop to this, but simply don't have the capacity to do so.

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This was not happening under the old regime.
The old regime of which country? Iran? Iraq? Saudi Arabia?

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While we're all kissy-kiss with the house of Saud, Amadinejad was greeted with full regalia on his visit to Iraq this week.
Other than propaganda, what did his visit to Iraq accomplish?

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Is Iran a threat to peace and security in Iraq? Definitely.

Are others just as great a threat? Arguably.

Has our policy toward both nations lead to the situation? Undoubtedly.
I suppose I would agree with some of this. However, I don't think SA is very much of a threat as a country. Their armed forces are pretty small and weak. They're basically having a hard time keeping tabs on their own people now.
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