Like most people who haven't been completely deluded by King George II, I have my doubts about Iraq's connections with Al Qaeda. Saddam isn't trying into religious jihad; his motivations seem to be far more secular. After all, jihadists are willing to live in caves. Saddam lives in bunkers, which are just like caves, only lavish and full of harem girls.

However, this recent MSNBC article discusses the possible financial link between Saudi Arabia and the 9/11 hijackers. I have no idea if Saudi Arabia is financing terrorism abroad, but I'd believe that allegation before I'd believe the Iraqi version. It's no lie that we want control of middle east oil, and Saudi Arabia has most of it. After the Saudi Arabian government donated clean-up money to New York City, they released a statement claiming that the US is just as responsible for the attacks due to our reprehensible foreign policy (I'm having trouble finding an article, but it happened -- Guiliani returned the money). It's common knowledge that the majority of the hijackers were Saudi Arabian.

One of two things will happen: (1) Saudi Arabia will support a war on Iraq in exchange for not having the bejeezus bombed out of them by the U.S., or (2) this marks the beginning of a World War. I have my money on the first one.