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LuvNewcastle

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7. Why not?

Thu Sep 3, 2015, 06:35 AM

Sep 2015

We arm the Saudis, and they behead plenty of people. I'm sure there are others. The question is, why aren't Americans saying anything about it? Plenty of us know we arm the Saudis and they know the Saudis behead people. Why, then, do we stay mute on the subject?

For some fucked up reason, a lot of Americans would rather keep arming the bloody Saudis and get their cheap oil instead of developing alternative forms of energy. They would rather keep polluting the planet, too. Why is that? Is there anyone on DU who knows? Is it a religious reason, because I've got nothing.

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