With all due respect, I think Rob as just posting that letter for discussion and not asserting it as fact. I have seen all of us do that with different articles, etc.
Also, no one can prove that OBL is the same as his family. Other than the rumors that they see each, they are estranged. Also, Billy C.'s administration and his donors certainly did business with the Saudi's and many made money and keep making money off of them. W's family is not alone in that boat.
Also, FDR via the US sold scrap metal to Japan and refused to ask to deply what it was for.
Also, I do not see how anyone can argue against the argument that Clinton lobbed a few missles over to the Middle East, but refused to deal with OBL or the Saudis and tht inaction contributed to 9/11. Yet, people somehow think that persecuting Clinton gives W credibility. I am not one of those people
In the end, I think finger pointing at this point is irrelevant as long as someone takes action to correct the perception of the US' by the Middle East. Unfortunately, taking action means in the end going to war with the Saudis and, therefore, the Middle East. Is any one really for that? I really do not see any way around this because the people in the Midle East HATE the West because of our centuries of abusing them and their leaders' centuries of keeping them uneducated and in fear of religion.
So, I think that W's plan o establishing a Democracy in Iraq is at least something even though I do not support or blieve in the way he got to this point. If anyone has any bettr suggestion, I am all ears because up until now no administration has done a anything significant to better our relationship. In fact, the US' blind support for and creation of Israel was a leap in the wrong direction IMO. Note: I am not saying the Jewish people should nt have their own state. I am just saying the US is not responsible for fighting their battles for 60 years and then letting them dictate to us how the cow chews the grass.