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Chan790

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17. We don't need to.

Reply to agnostic102 (Original post)

Thu May 12, 2016, 09:09 PM

May 2016

Attack them, that is.

Saudi Arabia is not Iran or even Iraq, they've never had an industrially-diverse economy. A US embargo of Saudi Arabia that is backed by the rest of NATO brings them to heel in days, not weeks.

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IF saudi arabia was implicit in the 9-11 attacks SHOULD we have attacked them? [View all] agnostic102 May 2016 OP

You kidding? Bin Laden went ballistic (literally and figuratively) for just having no_hypocrisy May 2016 #1

Invading two countries that had nothing or little to do with it wasn't cheap. Wilms May 2016 #2

A full investigation is warranted KansDem May 2016 #3

Well, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor StarTrombone May 2016 #4

Because Hitler declared war lancer78 May 2016 #6

We definitely should not be treating them as beloved allies n/t arcane1 May 2016 #5

i think agnostic102 May 2016 #7

We should have instituted an embargo... beachbumbob May 2016 #8

There should have never been a war over the 9/11 attacks lunatica May 2016 #9

This was all about controlling the Wellstone ruled May 2016 #10

Cheney's exact words were, "it'll be a cakewalk" lunatica May 2016 #11

Remember that, Wellstone ruled May 2016 #12

Game, set, match gratuitous May 2016 #13

We should have used our police force (international) to jwirr May 2016 #14

thank you for the correction agnostic102 May 2016 #15

Great Idea! Let's get the US navy and Marines to invade Saudi. It will be a cake walk. Sam_Fields May 2016 #16

We don't need to. Chan790 May 2016 #17

It wasn't the Saudis challenging the petrodollar, they know which rules can be broken and which not Fumesucker May 2016 #18

You mean complicit in. cali May 2016 #19