The Saudi Royal and Bush Connection

"We part the veil on our killer sun
Stray from the straight line on this short run
The more we take the less we become
The fortune of one man means less for some."
-Sarah McLachlan

This year, President Bush and the then Crowned Prince Abdallah,
now King, walked hand in hand, symbolizing the strong ties between the Bush and Saud familes. These bonds have been heavily documented in movies such as Fahrenheit 9/11, books such as House of Bush, House of Saud and of course, on the web.

Why does the American public continue to ignore this obvious conflict of interest? Bush's so called "war on terror" has turned a blind eye to the Saudi's. It would seem that the administration wants us to forget the U.B.L. comes from the very family that they stroll the grounds with and invite over for BBQs . Do we not understand that most of the hijackers on 9/11 were from Saudi Arabia? Maybe most of us have ignored the reports of the outragous contracts and investments (can you say, 1.4 billion?) between the Sauds, the Bush family and their friends. Maybe we blanked out when we heard that Saudi money bailed out George W. when he was on the board of directors of Harken Energy. Were we washing our hair when the reports came out on Bush 41 and James Baker taking numerous trips to Saudi Arabia to get investors for their Carlyle Group company?

A good relationship with Saudi Arabia has always been a goal of the United States. In Feb. 1945, FDR met with King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. President Kennedy met with the King in Feb., 1962 and President Ronald Reagan revealed his feelings toward U.S. and Saudi relations when he said,

"The friendship and cooperation between our governments and people are precious jewels whose value we should never underestimate. The positive nature of our relations demonstrates that cultural differences, as distinct as our own, need not separate or alienate peoples from one another."

Our country is more oil dependent now than ever. If 9/11 did anything, it showed the world that America was changed. We vowed to rebuild, to fight, to make the enemy pay for our pain. It seems all we've done since that day is given more money and power to those who control and manipulate us.

The Saudi's harbor terrorist while our President gives them contracts and sends our soldiers to fight a war of lies. We need to question our relationships, our need for oil and who is really behind the veil. -Anna