Dhimmitude normally refers to Muslim-state sponsored protection racketeering for non-Muslims. The word is a pejorative. It hasn't worked to solve terrorism: as you say the 9/11 terrorists were Saudi and every day we pay Saudi Arabia millions of dollars for oil. Those monies could be thought of as tribute, as if the United States was Saudi Arabia's client state under its protection. The fact that we have the Saudi government protecting our economic interests has not prevent Saudi terrorists from attacking us. Of course, not all terrorists come from that one country so we can't just focus on them. Trying to figure out what motivates terrorists is like trying to figure out why africanized honeybees swarm and kill people. We already know why, and it's too late to fix the problem.
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