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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3301764" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/pensacola-naval-base-shooting-tests-us-relations-saudi-67569014?cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed" target="_blank">https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/pensacola-naval-base-shooting-tests-us-relations-saudi-67569014?cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed</a></p><p></p><p><u>From the above link</u>:</p><p>"...<em>The shooting raised uneasy parallels to <u>the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001</u>, when many of the al-Qaida-linked hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania countryside were <u>Saudi citizens who had flight training in the U.S. </u></em></p><p></p><p><em> The suspected Pensacola shooter, identified by U.S. officials as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a <u>member of the Saudi Air Force and was attending pilot training </u>at the base. The officials provided his name on condition of anonymity because it has not yet been released publicly. Three people were killed in the shooting, and eight were injured, including two sheriff's deputies</em>..."</p><p></p><p>Let me get this straight: The attacks on Sept 11, 2001 were at least in part carried out by <u>Saudis who learned to fly airplanes here in the USA</u>. And now, some many years later, what are we doing? T<u>raining more Saudis to fly airplanes here in the USA. </u></p><p></p><p>What's wrong with this picture? I'm afraid I just can't get it right in my head. I know one thing for sure; if this old Marine was the SecDef, we damn sure would NOT be doing this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3301764, member: 10465"] [URL]https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/pensacola-naval-base-shooting-tests-us-relations-saudi-67569014?cid=clicksource_4380645_null_headlines_hed[/URL] [U]From the above link[/U]: "...[I]The shooting raised uneasy parallels to [U]the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001[/U], when many of the al-Qaida-linked hijackers who flew planes into the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Pennsylvania countryside were [U]Saudi citizens who had flight training in the U.S. [/U][/I] [I] The suspected Pensacola shooter, identified by U.S. officials as Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a [U]member of the Saudi Air Force and was attending pilot training [/U]at the base. The officials provided his name on condition of anonymity because it has not yet been released publicly. Three people were killed in the shooting, and eight were injured, including two sheriff's deputies[/I]..." Let me get this straight: The attacks on Sept 11, 2001 were at least in part carried out by [U]Saudis who learned to fly airplanes here in the USA[/U]. And now, some many years later, what are we doing? T[U]raining more Saudis to fly airplanes here in the USA. [/U] What's wrong with this picture? I'm afraid I just can't get it right in my head. I know one thing for sure; if this old Marine was the SecDef, we damn sure would NOT be doing this. [/QUOTE]
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