If that’s true why haven’t we invaded Saudi Arabia? Or put sanctions on them or something.
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Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 7 months agoMore than some evidence Saudi citizens backed them. However the claim that the government was tied to it was denied. However a portion of the report, or the missing 28 pages as it came to be known, was on this subject. Biden has since declassified, and released, these documents. They show that the ties to the government were real. They have phone, and other communications such as e-mail, between people involved and members of the government. This includes tying a hijacker to a Saudi diplomat. It is called the ENCORE report.
Gigan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
because they are one of the major players helping to secure the petro dollar, they allow us to have an enormous military base there that we use as a platform for operations all over the middle east, we have intelligence sharing agreements with them, they will work with Israel, they have major business connections to a lot of the firms and corporations that own our legislators, to name a few reasons.
Gigan@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Then why would they sponsor a terrorist attack against the US?
Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Because not everyone in the government actually likes this relationship with the US, nor did most of the government support the attack, or Al-Qaeda. Saudi Arabia, even its government, isn’t a single person, nor is it some sort of hive mind. It is thousands of people, that fight for their own personal interests, and break down into factions of different ideas over different things.
Microw@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I didnt know Biden released those documents, interesting!