Homeland Security

Most of the threat from terrorism comes out of the Middle East. Not surprisingly so do most of the funds that finance those activities. In 2002 the Council of Foreign Relations did an extensive study of the sources of terrorist funding. One of the more damning findings they reported is spelled out in the following quote from that study.

“However, it is worth stating clearly and unambiguously what official U.S. government spokespersons have not: For years, individuals and charities based in Saudi Arabia have been the most important source of funds for al-Qaeda; and for years, Saudi officials have turned a blind eye to this problem.”

The Council on Foreign Relations

Since most of this money moves through non-conventional channels this seems to still be true today. But the real problem is where does all that money originate? It starts with us the consumer. Every time we fill-up some portion of that money ends up in the Middle East and inevitably some of that ends up in the hands of terrorists. We are the source of terrorist funding; we are paying for both sides of the war on terror.

As Pogo said many years ago, “We have met the enemy and they are us.”



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