Did we just declare a financial War on Iran?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by classicman

Iran is not the only country. Arguable the greatest threat to the U.S. is the Saudi's and you never see a peep about them. Iran is just an easier target.

I do not believe the representative government of SA is knowingly training people to kill US service people in Iraq.

[headsplice]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

I do not believe the representative government of SA is knowingly training people to kill US service people in Iraq.

Are you saying Saudi Arabia has a representative government, or that the political entity of the SA government hasn't trained people to kill Americans?
The first is definitely false, though I'm pretty sure that isn't what you're saying.
The second is tentatively false, in that the SA government allowed radical Muslim schools to be set up to help control the populace by directing their anger at Americans. People who attended those schools have definitely cause problems.
Also, Ahmadinejad isn't the one that controls the country. His fiery rhetoric can't be backed up without the approval of lots of very conservative folks (conservative as in won't do things to destabilize their power).

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by headsplice

Are you saying Saudi Arabia has a representative government, or that the political entity of the SA government hasn't trained people to kill Americans?
The first is definitely false, though I'm pretty sure that isn't what you're saying.
The second is tentatively false, in that the SA government allowed radical Muslim schools to be set up to help control the populace by directing their anger at Americans. People who attended those schools have definitely cause problems.
Also, Ahmadinejad isn't the one that controls the country. His fiery rhetoric can't be backed up without the approval of lots of very conservative folks (conservative as in won't do things to destabilize their power).

Yea, that would be like saying the US has allowed terrorists train on US soil as they attended flight school before hitting the towers on 9/11. Doesn't hold water.