9-11 flip side

[Toronto Hottie]

Originally posted by Grumpy
Hottie - I'm not disagreeing with you on your comment then. I think it is astonding. But I do have to disagree with you on the entire world backing the US. Mecca or Medina are two cities that they do not allow non-Muslims into. Regardless if you're a diplomat or the King of Prussia, you can not step foot in those cities. Could they stop a few Abrahm M1A1 tanks from rolling through? Probably not. But if the US did, they'd lose the international support of all of the Gulf Region and most of Western Asia. What's left? Russia? They won't touch it. They're too dependant on the little countries around them (Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakistan, Uzbekistan) who's population is 80% muslim. Not to mention that Kazakistan still has \"missing\" Russian nukes.

So you take Russia as a maybe at best? That leaves you Europe, Africa, South America and your countryman. I won't get into the Canucks. Europe has no force left except for England, France, and Germany. Which means it's the \"Tony Blair and Georgie\" Show again. Based on the last response that Blair got, he'd be shooting his political career in the crapper if he said yes. What's left? France and Germany? baahhahhahahhaaa ). That leaves Spain, Portugal and the Balkan states. All of which have their own civil turmoil to deal with. Africa is having it's own problems with civil wars and famine. And what part of Central America would be get involved? Mexico? Brazil? Chili?

I highly doubt GW would be able to muster up much support.

And please don't get me wrong, I'm not saying the Saudi's are not dirty and don't deserve to get their asses kicked from here to Kingdom Kom. Because they are and they do. I'm just saying that it's alot more complicated than people understand. Bush could go into Libya, Syria, or Iran and Muslims wouldn't blink an eye. With the exception of some radical groups (which by the way ARE NOT A MAJORITY but more a miniscule portion)they'd sit by laugh as Kadhafi and his boys get their asses whooped.

But to mess with Mecca and Medina is the equivalent of sieging the Vatican because the Pope was causing world havoc. How many Catholics would support an effort like that?

Well, lucky for them then.

I suppose the question is then how long do they drive planes into your buildings, killing thousands of your citizens, before those cities are no longer enough to hide behind.

Again Grump, I say: The world watched what happened on 9/11, I do not believe a country in the world would've put up a protest to the US bombing the shit out of them in retaliation.