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jeff47

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7. So, what should we do to Saudi Arabia?

Thu Jan 29, 2015, 01:39 PM

Jan 2015

The Sauds are using Wahhabism to keep their people distracted from problems in Saudi Arabia. It's how they continue to hold on to power.

So what do you suggest we do to stop it?

Sanctions? Plenty of other people will buy their oil, and sell them arms. What do we do when nothing changes?

"At least we aren't helping them"? Well, we'd still be fighting ISIS. And with sanctions in place, the Saudis have no reason to restrain Wahhabism (they've kept it from getting so bad in Saudi Arabia that it interferes with oil sales to the US.).

Some problems can not be solved from the outside. Saudi Arabia is one of them. ISIS is another. The borders of the Middle East are being corrected from the lines arbitrarily drawn at the end of WWI. The most we can do is try to weaken the worst states, so that the final result is not quite as horrifically brutal.

If you think the current situation is a mess, just wait until the new Kurdistan wants chunks of Turkey.

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Thank you - TBF Jan 2015 #11

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It's hard to tell. The German journalist who stayed with them CJCRANE Jan 2015 #41

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really disappointed... dhill926 Jan 2015 #6

So, what should we do to Saudi Arabia? jeff47 Jan 2015 #7

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To what end? jeff47 Jan 2015 #34

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Except we've got plenty of other places to buy oil from. jeff47 Jan 2015 #38

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