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JackRiddler

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23. Allies. A satellite state, even.

Reply to SoapBox (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 2, 2016, 08:56 PM

Jan 2016

US owns and supports Saudi actions since 1944.

They could behead more people than ISIS - they have - and nothing changes. They will be "armed against ISIS," which is to say given replacements for the arms they handed over to jihadis who end up recycled as ISIS. If there was a democratic secular uprising (science fiction, I know), the US would intervene for the crown.

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Saudi Arabia executes dissident Shiite cleric Nimr al-Nimr, 46 others [View all] MariaThinks Jan 2016 OP

And We call these barbarian bastards ALLIES??!? lastlib Jan 2016 #1

there is something seriously wrong and what a cultural difference MariaThinks Jan 2016 #2

this is seriously fucked up.... dhill926 Jan 2016 #3

...savages. SoapBox Jan 2016 #4

Allies. A satellite state, even. JackRiddler Jan 2016 #23

Our friends, the Saudis. eom saltpoint Jan 2016 #5

yup corkhead Jan 2016 #9

Bush's bestest buddies in the whole universe. 47of74 Jan 2016 #21

Its pretty bi-partisan... former9thward Jan 2016 #22

Shhh, we want to pretend it's only Bushes! JackRiddler Jan 2016 #24

Here's the Common Dreams article... truth2power Jan 2016 #31

At least it wasn't a bunch of insane fundamentalist religious fanatics doing Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #6

I smell the BFEE SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #7

Our main ally in the war on terror and spreading democracy. CJCRANE Jan 2016 #8

I'm starting to really hate these *'es. nt. polly7 Jan 2016 #10

You shouldn't. JackRiddler Jan 2016 #25

I have no trouble acccepting other religions but this action is beyond the pale. Paper Roses Jan 2016 #11

i can accept other religions if they accept mine. MariaThinks Jan 2016 #13

Selling us cheap oil buys a lot of latitude. thesquanderer Jan 2016 #12

aye, there's the rub....... lastlib Jan 2016 #18

Their oil is currently irrelevant to "us." JackRiddler Jan 2016 #26

Good point, but the bottom line is still... oil. (n/t) thesquanderer Jan 2016 #27

Not quite. JackRiddler Jan 2016 #29

Seems like they killed many this time flamingdem Jan 2016 #14

i wonder how many women were killed - maybe just for exposing their elbows MariaThinks Jan 2016 #15

At some point you wake up DaveT Jan 2016 #16

"ISIS" is the Saudis JackRiddler Jan 2016 #28

Maria, I feel powerless. saidsimplesimon Jan 2016 #17

I bet NBC Nightly news leads w. this tonite. Smarmie Doofus Jan 2016 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author 47of74 Jan 2016 #20

Iran is going to get even against them. bdwker Jan 2016 #30

Locking... BooScout Jan 2016 #32