tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post2956701968787160349..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: Ron Bryneart of Raw thinks...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-75742453784887803642007-04-30T11:31:00.000+10:002007-04-30T11:31:00.000+10:00steve - it's all very confusing. nothing makes sen...steve - it's all very confusing. nothing makes sense to me any more...lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-76186358454878285422007-04-30T07:24:00.000+10:002007-04-30T07:24:00.000+10:00This started out the post,"Dopey and darth need co...This started out the post,<BR/><BR/>"Dopey and darth need continued violence in Iraq to justify our permanent military presence.<BR/><BR/>Ron Bryneart of Raw thinks we are in Iraq because we were thrown out of Saudi Arabia and need a new place to park our military in the region. Makes sense to me."<BR/><BR/>I thought we were thrown out of Saudi Arabia because Osama bin Laden wanted us out of there. He wanted us out, and enough of the other Saudis agreed, so we were told to leave.<BR/><BR/>But, wasn't part of that pressure the thought that the Saudi's could not afford to have such political conflict in country. So, the longer the U.S. military was hangin' out there, the more tensions and underground nonsense was going to occur.<BR/><BR/>But, if that were true, then wouldn't the same problems arise if the U.S. would then go next door and cause Sunni-Shia and other rivalries that will inevitably spill over?<BR/><BR/>No, it does not make sense that the U.S. just does what the Saudi's want by getting out, one minute, and then goes and does what they surely would not want by going next door in the next minute.<BR/><BR/>I was under the impression that the Saudi's were told that Saddam Hussein's government were a danger to the Saudi's. They were told that invading Kuwait was just one step on their way to invading Saudi Arabia. So, this was one reason why the Saudi's supported the U.S. wars against Iraq. <BR/><BR/>I think they must have known the Iraqis were in no position to do such a thing.<BR/><BR/>I suspect that the Saudi's want the U.S. out of Saudi Arabia, and into Iraq, not because the Iraqis were a military threat, but because outsiders present a threat to the Saudi government.<BR/><BR/>So, the American military presence is just part of a western presence that shows the Saudi people that there could be a better life under some different rulers and social arrangements.<BR/><BR/>The presence of Iraq also presented the Saudi people with an example that Islamic countries could have different social arrangements where more people could have benefits. <BR/><BR/>Therefore, it was important to the Saudis to get the U.S. out of their country and to mess up Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Eliminating good examples of green grass in the next yard makes more sense to me. This could explain why the Saudi's would not be unhappy with our messing up Iran.<BR/><BR/>Isn't there something in this? Doesn't a country close itself off from others because its planners are afraid of their own people finding out too much and becoming unhappy with their domestic arrangements.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-12146236287988308092007-04-29T07:06:00.000+10:002007-04-29T07:06:00.000+10:00"This sounds bogus right?"Sounds kinda bogus to me..."This sounds bogus right?"<BR/><BR/>Sounds kinda bogus to me Lukery. The Army has a lot of money, time and effort invested in anyone who is as high-ranking as a lieutenant colonel. I could see perhaps demoting him to major or maybe giving him some administrative punishment but shitcanning him over this seems odd. There could well be more to this than meets the eye, as is so often the case with many matters.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com