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Originally Posted by Observer  Ok. We must bring down the baathi regime of Syria. Are you happy now? I think this will answer all your paranoid questions. |
If anyone here is paranoid it is you. I never said or even implied that the Syrian regime must be brought down. You didn't answer my question though. So I'll rephrase. What will happen to your view vis-a-vis the US if their stance towards Saudi Arabia really does deteriorate because of the terrorism coming out from there? Plus, if the reports that you referred to in the initial post of this thread are true, how does this work with the theory that the US is a prime sponsor of religiously fundamentalist terrorists? Does it not rather possibly indicate that elements within even the current US administration are opposed to religious extremism, and that they are now rethinking whether a strategic convergence of goals with the Saudis is worth overlooking the ideological differences? Realistically, how should we treat Saudi Arabia in foreign relations terms? Can we expect ourselves to be able to bring about change there, and is positive change a viable and attainable goal, and if not in the short term, how should our relations be with Saudi until that time? Now, it is obvious that to you Saudi Arabia is the most dangerous state in the region because of religious fanaticism sanctioned by the regime, but I feel that your single-minded focus on Saudi Arabia leads you to ignore the 'lesser evils' of whom we also have many. Your reply to me makes that evident: I ask you some questions, to which your response is to chastise me for supposedly wanting to bring down the Syrian regime rather than treating my questions to you with even a bare minimum of respect... I suspect that you misrepresented me intentionally so you would not have to actually look at what I asked.