Skylar
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If our president back on 9/11 had BALLS or channeled Harry Truman, Saudi Arabia would have turned into glass hours after 9/11. Still, we let them get away outrageous provocations like mass murder and a act of war. WHY? Why did we attack Iraq instead? WHY? What the hell did Iraq have to do with ANYTHING?
That would have been remarkably stupid.
First, we didn't get attacked by Saudi Arabia. We were attacked by individual Saudis. Attacking Saudi Arabia after 911 would make as much sense as nuking Washington DC after Oklahoma City.
Second, Saudi Arabia is our closest ally in the region. Attacking them would have been akin to attacking say, the UK in terms of strategic insanity. We would have lost the trust of every nation on earth, including our allies. As if we would nuke our closest allies, we can't be trusted not to attack anyone.
Third, Saudi Arabia contains Mecca, the holiest site in Islam. Destroying it would been a declaration of war on over a billion people.
Fourth, it took weeks to figure out exactly what had happened and support that with evidence. Nuking Saudi Arabia 'within hours' would have been done evidence free. We literally would have violated the nuclear taboo on a hunch.