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Originally Posted by dewolf
Where does all the money come from to fund these murderous pricks.
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Oil.
We give it to them, and simultaneously give them the reason to hate us (because we're "infidels" on their holy soil in Saudi Arabia).
The sooner we get ourselves 100% onto alternative energies/domestic production and tell them to go choke on their oil, the better off we'll be.
Since 9/11/01, how many countless billions of our dollars have been funneled off to our middle eastern "friends"? What exactly have we done to stem the tide of dollars to the middle east (some of which undoubtedly ends up in the hands of extremist, anti-American terrorist groups)?
As usual, we're our own worst enemies. We sit here in anger and horror at the events of 9/11 but ultimately are unwilling to change our own behaviors, which created the situation in the first place. I guess it's just more convenient to expect everyone to see the world our way and lob a few bombs at a country (Iraq) unrelated to the situation as a feel-good.
We're a very curious (and often a very stupid) nation - always looking for a phony, easy faux solution rather than doing the hard things necessary to effect change. Actions speak louder than words, sadly. We value convenience more than we value assertive action and commitment to changing the status quo.