JTaylor

Good evening, Asif.

Jolly good.....

.....although I believe Orwell wrote it as a warning, not a blueprint. Perpetual war between two superpowers (of equal military might but opposing ideologies) as an antidote to hegemony? You felt safer? War is Peace!

Godwin's Law by implication.

Keep reading.

I shall speak as find, Asif. You are as rude to Tony as he has been to you.

Again, I do not require your mandate to offer an opinion, Sir.

Strategically, it not only straddles Africa and the Middle East but it is also an important neighbour of two of the major problem countries in the region - Iraq and Iran. Saudi Arabia's importance to the oil market, with one quarter of the world's oil reserves, speaks for itself. It is also a crucial market for British defence companies. So, whilst the ideological polarity smarts, a little realpolitik has been employed to good effect.

Birthplace of Bin Laden, not "home", Bin Laden despises the Johnny Walker swigging frauds that are the House of Saud for the reasons outlined above and for their collusion with 'The Great Beast'. Additionally, Bin Laden does not adhere to the teachings of Ibn Abd-al-Wahhab but to that of Sayyid Qutb (Qutbism.)

Wahhab did not teach Islamism. That the Neocons touted it as such and that you bought it is beautifully ironic.

Indeed.