Political Quotes

“this article by Mr. Kinzer used the example--this is just one example--of Indonesia to demonstrate the incredibly negative impact Saudi financing has had in many places around the world. I will quote from his article: Saudi Arabia has been working for decades to pull Indonesia away from moderate Islam and toward the austere Wahhabi form that is state religion in Saudi Arabia. The Saudis' campaign has been patient, multi-faceted, and lavishly financed. It mirrors others they have waged in Muslim countries across Asia and Africa. Successive American presidents have assured us that Saudi Arabia is our friend and wishes us well. Yet we know that Osama bin Laden and most of his 9/11 hijackers were Saudis, and that, as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote in a diplomatic cable eight years ago, ``Donors in Saudi Arabia constitute the most significant source of funding to Sunni terrorist groups worldwide.'' Recent events in Indonesia shine a light on a Saudi project that is even more pernicious than financing terrorists. Saudi Arabia has used its wealth, much of which comes from the United States, to turn entire nations into hotbeds of radical Islam. By refusing to protest or even officially acknowledge this far-reaching project, we finance our own assassins--and global terror. That is the end of a quote from that excellent article from the Boston Globe.…”