the saudis have been the puppet masters of this whole thing. no way the u.s. goes into any opec country without the saudi approval stamp. within 6 months of a u.s. pullout, there will be a moderate muslim cleric, under the invisible but very heavy thumb of the house of saud, ruling iraq as a virtual theocratic dictator. the saudis have no time for democracy, but neither do they have any time for rogue dictators like saddam. saddam dug his grave when he invaded kuwait in 1990. the saudis have no time for shaking the tree branches. their fruit is growing much to well.
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