The explanation is simple...

Post #164,258 by ChrisR 7/13/04 4:02:22 PM Reply	The explanation is simple... ...that Saudi monarchy is performing a balancing act. They'd rather not have to deal with pissed off American's or with pissed off Wahabi's. Both are a danger to their lifestyle. If you understand that they are into appeasement, you'd quickly figure out why they take actions which are seemingly paradoxical. This same balancing act hasn't gone away, though 9/11 did require a shift in Saudi strategy. Since you point out the arrest of this "Big Fish", have you also not taken not that there was an issuance of an amnesty for those that turned themselves in? You may find out that the catch and amnesty are interrelated events. Then again, maybe not. Maybe it's just the latest effort of the Saudi's to placate the Americans. Next turn will be to placate the fundamentalists. It's a never-ending balancing act, that may not have a happy ending, as there is no semblance of equalibrium in the equation.
Post #164,264 by orion 7/13/04 4:22:04 PM Reply	Interesting theory please state the facts behind it. Do you have any proof of the Saudi's behavior? Or are you just speculating? *"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"* [link\|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268\|I am from District 268].
Post #164,266 by deSitter 7/13/04 4:26:27 PM Reply	I see college has brought out your natural sophistry The above statement has the appearence of a coherent thought, but all you are really saying is "prove it neener". You've found your niche! Bullshitter! -drl
Post #164,823 by orion 7/17/04 12:19:20 AM Reply	Of course I learned from the best, you master bullshitter! *"What's the use of saving life when you see what you do with it?" - Corbin Dallas "The Fifth Element"* [link\|http://www.xormad.com:4096/district268\|I am from District 268].
Post #164,279 by ben_tilly 7/13/04 5:19:51 PM Reply	Just look up the term you don't know [link\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabi\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabi] gives a brief overview of the Wahabis. Which are the official state religion of Saudi Arabia. Note that they are Muslim fundamentalists who are extremely strict. They are also a movement that is not particularly aligned with US economic interests. The theory that you presented would say that the Saudis should not support the Wahabis since they are so clearly contrary to Saudi economic interests. The theory that I presented says that the Saudis should be seen supporting the Wahabis, even though that is potentially detrimental to their economic interests. The theory that I presented also explains why most of the 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. At this point your theory appears to contradict the facts. Unless you can find a way to reconcile the two, your theory should be discarded. If you can find a way to reconcile the two, but reconciliation requires a long and tortured line of assumptions to make it work, then Occam's razor says that you are probably barking up the wrong tree and need a simpler theory. Incidentally my characterization of Saudi Arabia is drawn straight from [link\|http://philip.greenspun.com/politics/israel/\|http://philip.greens.../politics/israel/]. While I don't agree with everything in that article, it makes a number of points that I think are fundamentally right. Cheers, Ben To deny the indirect purchaser, who in this case is the ultimate purchaser, the right to seek relief from unlawful conduct, would essentially remove the word consumer from the Consumer Protection Act - [link\|http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1246&Page=1&pagePos=20\|Nebraska Supreme Court]
Post #164,328 by ChrisR 7/13/04 9:26:57 PM Reply	Big fish catch and release program. Not surprising that this particular fish threw himself into the boat at [link\|http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040713_976.html\|an offer of amnesty]. Helps placate the fundamentalists, while keeping him under wraps (at least that's the hope within the risk they are taking). So the Saudi monarchy looks good to the fundamentalists (we took him back), while getting the American's good will (catching a big fish). And it costs the Saudi's almost nothing to try to continue the status quo.

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