-> On 01 Jan 09  11:48:52, Richard Webb got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: American Taliban!

 RW> still is iirc) the Muslim brotherhood.  Egypt *wasn't*
 RW> sitting on a shitload of oil, but was sitting right next to
 RW> Israel.  We're going back just post ww II here.

 RW> What then transpired in subsequent years was the Saudis got
 RW> into bed with these guys, and ... short version, we're where we're at
 RW> right now. 

It's all about the concentration of power.  That was understood when 
the 1st Amendment was penned.  


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