Fighting Terror and Shooting Ourselves in the Foot
American pterodollars are essentially funding both ends of the War on Terror, especially where Saudi Arabia is concerned.
Mark Steyn has a fascinating column about how the Saudis are crushing opposition overseas using the UK legal system. For example, there is no UK edition of this book (and it has nothing to do with executive privilege!). Read it for the details, but this is his conclusion on why this happens:
Mark Steyn has a fascinating column about how the Saudis are crushing opposition overseas using the UK legal system. For example, there is no UK edition of this book (and it has nothing to do with executive privilege!). Read it for the details, but this is his conclusion on why this happens:
We've gotten used to one-way multiculturalism: The world accepts that you can't open an Episcopal or Congregational church in Jeddah or Riyadh, but every week the Saudis can open radical mosques and madrassahs and pro-Saudi think-tanks in London and Toronto and Dearborn, Mich., and Falls Church, Va. And their global reach extends a little further day by day, inch by inch, in the lengthening shadows, as the lights go out one by one around the world.
Labels: GWOT, Mark Steyn
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