If I were a terrorist:
Three (not) Random Comments:
by SixofNine 4 Replies latest jw friends
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Hope4Others
That was a pretty good video I must say...
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SixofNine
Heck of a job, Bushy
Osama wanted,
American troops out of Saudi Arabia. Check!
Ouster UBL's enemy Saddam, Check!
$144.00 barrel oil, Check!Now there's a guy who can make prophecy come true.
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In a 1998 interview, Osama bin Laden — the terrorist who organized 9/11 — listed as one of his many grievances against the U.S. that Americans “have stolen $36 trillion from Muslims” by purchasing oil from Persian Gulf countries at low prices. The real price of a barrel of oil should be $144, bin Laden demanded.
Ten years ago today, the price of a barrel of oil was just $11. Heading into this holiday weekend, the price of a barrel of oil rested at $144 — a thirteen-fold increase.
One month after 9/11, the New York Times wrote of possible “nightmare” scenarios that would deliver bin Laden’s goal. Neela Banerjee warned that among the “misguided decisions” that would put oil supplies at risk would be “that the United States attacks Iraq.” The Times included this quote in its story:
“If bin Laden takes over and becomes king of Saudi Arabia, he’d turn off the tap,” said Roger Diwan, a managing director of the Petroleum Finance Company, a consulting firm in Washington. “He said at one point that he wants oil to be $144 a barrel” — about six times what it sells for now.
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SixofNine
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amicus
What's sad Six, as you well know, is that most Americans are just taught snippets of history. Just as the WTBTS dances around Bible verses.
The demonstrations of the 60's took the power brokers by surprise. They have been working hard ever since to see that they don't get surprised again. The result is a huge shift to the right by Americans. Did Bush and Bid Ladin conspire? We'll never know. Have both their agenda's benefited from the relationship? Definately.