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I don't know where else to ask this, but it's a serious question from kind of out in left field:  why don't we turn on Saudi Arabia and bomb them to hell?

1- are we as reliant on their oil as we seem to be?
2- who are their strong allies in the middle east, as they've been bedfellows with us for so long?
3- we bitch and moan seemingly about everyone else's civil rights violations, but have given them a free pass - what if we didn't?




They're not some traditional rival like Iran or whoever, but what if we just attacked them?  Why not attack them (after publicly ending the friendship, pulling back financial ties, and making our case with the rest of the world)?  

My Uncle was shot down behind German lines in a B-17

spent some time in a POW camp

didn't speak about it often

I had an uncle that was in a German POW camp too. Also, a friend who was in the greatest generation and is still alive, a former U. S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, captured by the Germans who had been interviewed by media outlets a few years ago, and he has written extensively about his experiences. My uncle and my friend grew up in Maquoketa, a town of 6,000. They were not acquainted during the war or before. They met in Arkansas. Many POWs who were captured by Germans were sent to Arkansas after the war to decompress and they grew up in this small town separated by a few years and became acquainted with each other at this "camp" in Arkansas.

My Uncle Wes was about 6'3" and a huge man. My friend was 6'4". They were both physical specimens when I knew them but bony after their POW status.

We were not supposed to ask questions about his service as it was too sensitive, when I was young. But, at his wake and funeral his grandchildren spoke about his captivity. Possibly school projects. I think he needed an outlet and wanted to talk about these things.  Unabashed little children help heal us.