Sigintel – (1)The Saudis own us and Europe…their oil revenues are obscene and the Wahhabi madrassas are well funded. (2) The hate for America and the Jews is now institutionalized and (3)there will be a continuous flow of new martyrs from each new generation of Muslims for jihad. (4)Looks like a very very “long war” ahead indeed.

1. The Saudis do not “own” us beyond some French whores, a big chunk of NYC, and certain members of the Bush Family. Their oil revenues are not “obscene” anymore than Britain’s were from their natural resources, our Agribiz due to lucky quanties of fertile land in America, or the Canadian lucky enough to have a now-lucrative gold mine as the declining dollar and American fiscal mismanagement have nearly tripled gold’s price.
Yes the Saudis fund Madrassahs. For about 29 years as America transferred about 100 billion to Israel, and spent about 600 million on education aid in poor muslim countries. The Saudi Madrassahs were the only schools available for kids as the West didn’t do squat in response or ask the Saudis to “tone them down” and teach more modern skills..

2. The hate for Americans is not institutionalized. Until the US became Israel’s Golem, we were pretty popular in Muslim lands. Even now, they hate us for our policies and some aspects of recent “debasing Hollywood culture” – both recent in the Muslim view of history – not generally as people.
Nor do they royally hate Jews, who they remember as useful collaborators, in skilled trades, the financiers of the Islamic World, collecting taxes from Dhimmi Christians. More of a dislike and distrust like was traditional in Europe as well, and most other countries. Zionists? Yes, they do hate the Zionists….But only in America is anti-Zionism seen as anti-Semitism, or as a “cover” for underlying anti-Semitism.

3. There will not be a continuous flow of jihad forevermore. Jihad is like Western and Asian Wars of slaughter – unwelcome, but at least intermittant.

4. Nor will the present wars with Islam be longer than other great global rivalries. Maybe longer than we want them to be, but likely less long in duration than we imagine, at times. The most intransigent conflict – Israel vs. Palestinians – has only gone on so long because outside powers enable intransigence. Be they wealthy overseas Jews, Americans, and Euro-reparations for Israel and it’s Settlements and other “fuck the world” acts – or the Saudis and Euros and Iranians subsidizing Pal intransigence and terror.