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jkissing on July 5, 2006 - 9:45am
Yeah, but perfectly alturistic. Our support for the terrorists is not on account of oil - indeed, it is making our long term access to middle east supplies less likely by the day. Imagine if democracy spreads to SA!
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Don Sailorman on July 5, 2006 - 2:22pm
That would give not only the SA royal family but all the other corrupt and despotic Arab-Oil leaders the Hershey squirts.
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