It was not about *them* declaring war on us.

The *United States* declared war on Japan on Dec 8th 1941.
The war with Japan was concluded by the Treaty of San Francisco on Sept 8th 1951

We declared war on Germany on Dec 11, 1941 and the war was concluded by the Treaty of Vienna in 1955(?).

al Qaida, like the Barbary Pirates *has* committed acts of war against the US.
It was a mistake in the 1800s when we allowed an executive branch war against the chaos of Tripoli.
Congress needs to actually declare war on al qaida, but that would be a de facto war on Saudi Arabia.

The fact that we feel that we cannot, is an advantage that the Saudis used against us.
The Saudis caused 911. That is just fact.
They are as complicit as Afghanistan and Pakistan, more, in fact.

Yet look at our foreign policy stance on those three states.
Then, ask again why Iraq had to go instead.
Which was sitting on more oil than Saudi Arabia has left?
Saudi Arabia could not boost its production when oil was over 100/bbl.
That means something, eh?

Can we haz solar and wind now?
Can we haz public transit now?
Can we stop fellating fucking Bedouins for oil?

We either need to declare war on our real enemies, brown people with our oil under their sand, or stop what we are doing for oil.
But that would take a big effort for little profit, as measured by MBA's.

If we cannot declare war on al qaida, it means they are criminals, not prisoners of war.
It may also be evidence of the Bush administration's possible criminality.
I think no one wants to hear a mullah testify which back room deals were cut for western access/ resource capitalism.
That is, before everyone stabbed everyone else in the back.