"Terry W. Colvin" wrote:
>
> Samantha Atkins wrote:
> >
> > Jacques Du Pasquier wrote:
> > >
> >
> > > Second, there are 4 main reasons for which the US are aimed : support
> > > for Israel, presence in Saudi (sacred home land of islam), general
> > > world domination, and cultural influence.
> > >
> >
> > I see no really good reason for a continuing large force in
> > Saudi Arabia. It doesn't provide significant enough detterrent
> > relative to our ability to quickly move in forces when necessary
> > for the level of action present imho. And it costs an arm and a
> > leg financially as well as in good will of the people in the
> > region.
>
> The U.S. Central Command maintains an armoured brigade of prepositioned
> equipment at Camp Doha, Kuwait. An Army armored battalion rotates in
> from Europe or the U.S. every three to four months, removes this
> equipment and forward forward deploys to the border with Iraq. A second
> prepositioning point is under construction in Qatar as we speak.
>
Thanks for the info. So do we have anything in Saudi Arabia?
If not then what is bin Laden complaing about?
- samantha
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