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June 19, 2004
Amazing insight into al Qaeda's possible goals
Al Qaeda appears to be a hornets nest which just got knocked from the tree. Unfortunately the political strategist in Washington seem ignorant to this and have inflamed the situation by their actions in Iraq. The battles won't be won with guns, it will be won by public opinion. In a sense, our invasion of Iraq was probably the single biggest mistake anyone could have made at a time when the tension is so high between the Muslim public at large and Israel. When we hear that this is a war between "good and evil", everyone else hears the message but instead of the United States being the "good", we are viewed as the evil ones.
Chalk it up to ignorance or whatever you may like but being isolated from most of the world by the atlantic and pacific oceans has exacerbated our ignorance of everyone else in the world. Our culture values individualism and that is ever so apparent in the current administration's aim to plant seeds of "democracy" in the Middle East.
More interesting than my commentary are excerpts from the following link:
The Saudi Arabia: Al Qaeda's Strategic Goals
"Stratfor accurately predicted in October 2002 that a war in Saudi Arabia would erupt between al Qaeda and the ruling House of Saud. That war is under way. Al Qaeda's tactics have become all too clear, with killings and kidnappings of Westerners having become a common event." ...
"Al Qaeda's endgame is simple: complete control of the oil-rich kingdom. It hopes to establish a transnational empire."
and lastly:
"Based in what is now called Saudi Arabia and with the ability to influence global energy supplies, al Qaeda would have the tools to shape the political and security environments of dozens of other states. It would also have a sanctuary where it could establish and train conventional armed forces while maintaining its cadres of militants."
Posted by beamz at June 19, 2004 12:34 PM
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