Hi Dave,   
      
   On Thu 2012-Mar-08 06:47, Dave Drum (1:18/200) wrote to Richard Webb:   
      
    RW> This is my whole problem with us getting involved with   
    RW> anything over there.  Their "my religion is better than your religion"   
    RW> wars will continue as long as they exist.  LEt them have their kings   
    RW> and emirs, caliphs and whatever.  A plague on all their houses!   
      
   DD> More people been killed in the name of religion than for any other   
   DD> cause. While all wars, at root, are fought over food -- religion   
   DD> (even if it is a disguised land grab) is the proximate cause and   
   DD> excuse and "justification" for the war. Wars of aggression are just   
   DD> armed robbery writ large.   
      
   YOu got that right!  I've been saying much the same now for   
   decades.   
      
    RW> IF we do anything to/for Saudi Arabia we should oblierate   
    RW> it, punch some more holes and suck it dry.  Even if we don't want to   
    RW> burn it in our gas tanks.   
      
   DD> Buy their oil and let 'em stew in their own juices.   
      
   Nah, I don't want to buy it.  They'll just put the money   
   into more Al Qaeda stuff.  I don't believe in buying from   
   people who hate me and my way of life.  I'll give you my two reactions, my gut   
   and my head.   
      
   My gut says:   
      
   I'd rather nuke 'em and take it.   
   That's my answer to their hatred.  We should have deported   
   every saudi in this country after 9/11/2001 immediately and   
   sent them a strong warning that next time we'd be over to   
   take all the oil and not leave one man woman or child left   
   alive.   
      
   My head says:   
      
   That makes us as bad as they are. Still, I don't believe in   
   buying their oil, at any price it's too high.  NOt one dime, not one drop of   
   American blood should be shed for them.   
   Nothing, no food, no money, nothing.  LEt the Wahhabi   
   hatemongers feed them if the people of Saudi are starving.   
   lEt the Bin Laddens spend some of the profits from the   
   rebuilding of Mecca and Medena to feed them.   
   Not one dime, not one drop of blood form an American soldier or sailor, not   
   one kernel of corn or grain of american   
   wheat, nothing!   
      
   I saw no reason the first time to be defending them, or   
   their way of life.  YOu want my soldiers and sailors, they   
   read their Playboy magazines, and the women drive, vote and   
   are equal to men, not mutilated by your butchers when   
   they're pubescent girls.   
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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