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In reply to the discussion: Remember Prince Bandar 'Bush'? [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)15. And the al-Sauds continue their career as human blights against the people of the middle east
Just think, with all that money, and with the prestige of holding Arabia, all the actually good they could be accomplishing in the entire region, and beyond.
Instead they flush all the money down the toilet in Monaco casinos and use what's left to propagate salafism.
BlueMT has it right in his post above; these ambulatory asspipes are pretty much the equivalent of the Kochs... worse, perhaps, since at least the Kochs have to cut deals with middlemen to get their bullshit implemented, the Sauds just have to implement it.
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He just told Putin: Play ball or we'll send more Chechen (AQ) terrorists to the Olympics....
Junkdrawer
Aug 2013
#3
Tip of the hat to CATHERINA? I posted that info TUESDAY. This illustrates agendas very nicely.
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#8
No, this speaks to the need for some to cling to their bias and stick to their narrative
KittyWampus
Aug 2013
#24
No he isn't. He's closer to a combo of a Director of National Intelligence and National
MADem
Aug 2013
#23
Well, the bottom line is this--he's not just some corporate asshole. He's an integral
MADem
Aug 2013
#29
I'm not "pushing" anything--but calling a government official, one who holds not one, but
MADem
Aug 2013
#31
Not surprising then that Al Queda is a big part of the 'rebel army' in Syria. He
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#9
And the al-Sauds continue their career as human blights against the people of the middle east
Scootaloo
Aug 2013
#15
Some folks? You mean the Iranians? He hates them and they hate him--surprise, surprise!
MADem
Aug 2013
#32
darn--and I was really hoping he had been relegated to the jail cell he so richly merits.
niyad
Aug 2013
#40
The House of Saud has accepted his resignation as spymaster and Syrian policy-maker n/t
bobthedrummer
Apr 2014
#44