Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse

Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by sokoloff on Sunday February 21, 2016 @08:58AM (#11144505)

Most flight training in the world is done in the US, by a wide margin.

Because of that, they would probably stick out much less doing it here than trying to do it in one of the few EU airline training facilities.

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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by tptacek on Sunday February 21, 2016 @11:16AM (#11145034)

Not only that, but for the plot to work, the hijackers had to start from within the US. Implanting them in the US long before the attacks made it easier for them to reliably get to their target airports the day of the attack.

In a sense, the comment upthread litigates the whole idea of a "sleeper cell."

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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by JoeAltmaier on Sunday February 21, 2016 @11:25AM (#11145080)

Is that the right word? Validates? mitigates?

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Re:Washington Should Prepare for Saudi Arabia's Collapse by tptacek on Sunday February 21, 2016 @11:40AM (#11145136)

Purposefully argue or debate a position, seeking its resolution, as if before a tribunal.

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