Like 9-11, The Paris Massacre Is Not About “Us”

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As in the aftermath of 9-11, the endless commentaries following the Charlie Hebdo massacre all seem to be reworkings of George W. Bush’s “Why Do They Hate Us?” speech with its long list of our democratic virtues and the perpetrators’ lack of the same:

“They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.”

The Western commentators then and now, just as Bush himself did, mostly ignore the elementary, basic, central, core truth in next paragraph of his speech:

Why Is Saudi Arabia Bringing Down The Price Of Oil?

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Getting directly to the point: why is Saudi Arabia, perhaps the major contributor to the continuing fall of oil prices pumping more and more oil, while losing a huge amount of revenue in the process, apparently “cutting off their nose to spite their face”?

Some say they are doing it to hurt Iran, others to cut investment in fracking …

In my opinion it could be quite simple: the kingdom is in real danger of being destabilized by the Islamic State (ISIS) and the “caliphate’s” main financing comes from selling bootleg oil.

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