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Iggo

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21. Plus, there's oil there!

Reply to sibelian (Reply #5)

Sun Sep 8, 2013, 06:08 PM

Sep 2013

Bonus!

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Saudi Arabia: Five beheaded and �crucified� amid �disturbing� rise in executions [View all] nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 OP

Looks like you made your case here maddezmom Sep 2013 #1

I'm glad someone did, the defenses of that horrific kingdom's atrocities on that thread was hard Bluenorthwest Sep 2013 #7

Fucking barbarians pscot Sep 2013 #2

Oh come on Nadin .... polly7 Sep 2013 #3

From what I read on these parts nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #6

But but but Aerows Sep 2013 #14

Warm up the bombers and Tomahawk missiles! backscatter712 Sep 2013 #26

That's Bahrain this year lol. They're hosting the pan-Arab court of human rights Catherina Sep 2013 #12

Pfft. Aerows Sep 2013 #16

Did you see this thread? "From one Nobel Peace Laureate to another" Catherina Sep 2013 #18

The hypocrisy of it all Aerows Sep 2013 #22

Oh good grief! polly7 Sep 2013 #29

But they are our allies so they will get a free pass for their human rights abuses Bjorn Against Sep 2013 #4

Let's bomb them! sibelian Sep 2013 #5

Plus, there's oil there! Iggo Sep 2013 #21

Hey, now . . . markpkessinger Sep 2013 #30

Sexy bombs... TeeYiYi Sep 2013 #40

Said in the other thread, will here: Dead it dead, no one cares how they died The Straight Story Sep 2013 #8

Actually people care nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #9

I can't believe there's such a ruckus of denial. It's not like it's a new topic at DU Catherina Sep 2013 #10

You welcome nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #11

I'm curious where you and the one yr replying to are seeing a ruckus of denial... Violet_Crumble Sep 2013 #32

Did you miss how these strikes are polly7 Sep 2013 #37

I don't miss much, Polly... Violet_Crumble Sep 2013 #38

So I guess the hyperbole over their nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #41

It's more than a couple nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #39

Please be careful not to dehumanize entire groups of people... OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #13

Would you prefer Wahhabism instead? nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #15

Are you saying the vast majority of citizens... OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #17

The system is nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #19

It's not hard to understand when you specify "the system." OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #20

Oh please! Too much explanation? LukeFL Sep 2013 #33

Are all Middle Eastern people barbaric in your view? n/t OneGrassRoot Sep 2013 #34

K & R Raksha Sep 2013 #23

Even a broken clock's right twice a day. Even the Blaze carries a truthful story occasionally. backscatter712 Sep 2013 #24

Amnesty has carried these stories for years. nadinbrzezinski Sep 2013 #25

Very true. n/t backscatter712 Sep 2013 #27

Saudis are one of the big families felix_numinous Sep 2013 #28

the United States still has the Death Penalty so who are we to judge JI7 Sep 2013 #31

But we kill them nicely and humanely ...like a dog or cat. n/t L0oniX Sep 2013 #43

crucification--maybe they are becoming christian dembotoz Sep 2013 #35

Religious fundamentalism in all its shining glory! ThirdWayCowplop Sep 2013 #36

15 Saudis, 911, Iraq and now Syria ...yeah it all makes sense ...or NOT! L0oniX Sep 2013 #42