> * It's interesting that you mention the Saudi Arabian bin Laden, who
> was allegedly on dialysis while the 9/11 attacks took place.
> Apparently (according to Michael Moore), the bin Laden and the Bush
> families have known each other for 20 years. My bet is that Osama is
> in the underground shelter in Crawford Texas. Can I have my reward
> money in small notes please?

While I don't normally bother with conspiracy theories, that does not
surprise me in the least. The world of the oil tycoon is small and
tightly woven, to say the least.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that acquaintances make good friends.
That America would risk implosion of her economy (by crippling the
finance markets) for the sake of an excuse to start a rolling war is
more than a little far-fetched. History will be the judge - whoever
gets to write it.

> Finally, why would a secular leader like Saddam Hussein have anything
> to do with a fundamentalist like OBL? The fundies hate us
> secularists worldwide.

The logic or truth of it doesn't matter. What matters is that it can
be presented in such a way that the blinkered masses can believe it.