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Summary: brutally honest but extremely troubling
Review: While this book is somewhat disorganized, the content nonetheless makes up for that shortcoming. Baer makes his case with relentless accuracy about the danger of Saudi Arabia to America and how national leaders in Washington are selling us all down the river for a dime. In a world where the media is more distracted by spin, sadly Baer's truthful message has been largely overlooked. You will never think the same about the Middle East after reading this book. I hate it when people say something is "a must read," but those are the only words I can use to describe this brutally honest but extremely troubling book.
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Summary: Sell your shirt - buy this book!
Review: Do you want to know the regime that the USA ought to be changing is called? How many Iraqis were there among the 19 hijackers on 9/11? None! How many were from Saudi Arabia - 15! Which passport does bin Laden hold? Saudi! This is not a conservative/liberal thing either - on the Hill, both Democrats and Republicans are united in standing together against flagrant human rights abuses by the Saudi regime on its own people. This is all to say that this is a vitally important, well-documented and cogently argued book that everyone ought to read right now! Christopher Catherwood, author of CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC RAGE (Zondervan, 2003)
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Summary: one in the theme
Review: A number of books on the sopposed selling of america's security for oil have appeared recently. One is called 'Crude Politics" and another deals with the State departments betrayal of america. But the reality is different. This book attempts to that we are not confronting Saudi because of oil.This is partly true. We need oil. Thats why we invaded Iraq so that a friendly Iraqi regime will supply us with oil so we can rid ourselves of the barbaric Saudis
The book examines a number of points:
1) Most of the terrorists on Sept 11th were Saudi
2) Saudis fund most religious schools in Afghanistan that provided fodder for the terrorists. Saudis also secretly fun most fandamentalist terror organizations.
3) Our cantacts with the Saudis, who the government says are our allies and who we are dependent on for oil, have hindered the war on terror by not allowing us to confront them.
4) The Saudis are a barbaric rtegime that supports worldwide terror and funds anti americanism and yet we turn a blind eye to this. Apparently realism prevents us from invading Saudi.But rest your emotions, the Saudis will get thiers and they will be hung in the town square and shot down in foriegn lands by our agents, its only a matter of time.
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Summary: Washington for sale
Review: This book documents the paid for indifference of the executive branch, the State Department, and the CIA to Arab terrorism when that terrorism is financed by oil monies. In October 2001, the CIA and FBI bothe reported that chief financing for the Sept 11 attacks came from Saudi Arabia. As Baer documents, Bush and his cronies continue to turn a blind eye to the financers instead distracting our attention with costly wars elsewhere. As Baer documents, every gallon of gas we Americans pay for goes to pay for our own distruction.
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Summary: Generally Good Work, with Issues
Review: Bob Baer's latest is just like last book. A generally good book, showing good command over the material. However, as usual, Baer's bitterness towards Business-As-Usual Beltway Politics shows through. He would do well to calm his anger towards those who ended his CIA career and focus on the issues at hand.
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Summary: Eye-opening...truly incredible
Review: As well as being an excellent historical reference on the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the US, this book is an eye-opening account of the true inner workings of the US government and the Saudi royal family. The author offers dire predictions about what may transpire if we don't recover from our oil addiction. Baer, fluent in Arabic, is an expert guide to the Middle East, with over 20 years of experience. He is also a great storyteller, providing descriptive backdrops for his thrilling encounters in Kyrgystan, Yemen, Lebanon and other countries.
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Summary: I would recommend this book to anyone
Review: I agree with Christopher Catherwood (whose great book "Christians Muslims and Islamic Rage" I would also recommend to anyone who enjoys the Baer book). Baer hits the nail on the head - the real danger to the USA is extremist Islamic Wahhabi fundamentalism and we ought to be going for regime change in Saudi Arabia! The neoconservatives advocating this are on the mark - and any liberals who agree with them, for that matter.
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Summary: Well written but no research
Review: Although this book was well written and enthralling, I found that the author cited virtually no sources for any of his claims. Granted, the author is a former CIA agent but I'm sure that basic research could have backed up many of his salient points. However, without any other sources besides his own opinion, this book fails to make its point. We can't belive everything Mr. Baer says just be cause he says its true.
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Summary: A great book I have been recommending to everyone
Review: This is a great book that I have been recommending to everyone - the extremists of Saudi Arabia, and in particular the hardliners of the Wahhabi sect of Islam, are the REAL enemy, not just of the West but also of the many millions of more moderate Muslims around the world. (Look at the tragic decline of moderate Islam in Indonesia and the deaths of countless Christians and non-Wahhabi Muslims there). Read this book and pray for genuine reform in Saudi Arabia - Crown Prince Abdullah needs all the help he can get! Christopher Catherwood, author of CHRISTIANS MUSLIMS AND ISLAMIC RAGE (Zondervan, 2003)
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Summary: An excellent book on Saudi Arabia...
Review: This book provides a in depth history of the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States. It details the history, the corruption and the failings of this US/European governments to deal with the truth of the middle east dating back to before even WW2. This is not fiction and several portions of the book are blacked out, presumably by CIA editors who check these kind of books for sensitive material...In every instance the blacked out material seems to relate to events that occured during Baer's career with the CIA. All his research, post Langley, seems to be intact. The last book I read that went into this kind of depth was "The American House of Sa'ud" by Stephen Emerson. The author of that book promptly had a price placed on his head by members of the Sa'ud family. To this day Emerson lives under aliases...
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