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7. I'm glad she is telling Saudi to go pound sand

Reply to Laelth (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 10:26 AM

Oct 2013

about time we stop walking on eggshells with this idiotic country.

Good for Hillary.

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Hillary Clinton Backs Saudi Women Defying Driving Ban [View all] onehandle Oct 2013 OP

That was unwise, imho. Laelth Oct 2013 #1

I disagree with you 100% DURHAM D Oct 2013 #3

Also applaud Hillary. northoftheborder Oct 2013 #12

You seem concerned. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #5

No need to be mean. n/t Laelth Oct 2013 #6

Indeed. If you think that is me being 'mean' then I think you are unfamiliar with me. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #10

So, your response is, "I could have been a lot meaner?" Laelth Oct 2013 #15

No...my response is that that is not me being mean. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #24

I'm glad she is telling Saudi to go pound sand fitman Oct 2013 #7

Hillary said something similar when she was the SOS. Beacool Oct 2013 #8

Did she? I must have missed it. Laelth Oct 2013 #17

In 2011 Hillary at first had remained publicly quiet about this issue Beacool Oct 2013 #21

Fuck the Saudis... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2013 #13

LOL. You are kidding, right? Laelth Oct 2013 #18

I disagree. The driving issue is something that the Saudi government knows they have to change. moriah Oct 2013 #14

We have no business meddling in the internal affairs of foreign nations. Laelth Oct 2013 #19

When she calls upon regime change to make them start driving, holler. n/t moriah Oct 2013 #20

what???? how about female mutilation? How about Tumbulu Oct 2013 #25

Criticizing is not "meddling" jberryhill Oct 2013 #28

Did she call for invading Saudi Arabia to repeal the driving ban? ButterflyBlood Oct 2013 #29

If she became president she better make huge waves about this Tumbulu Oct 2013 #26

Oh fuck that sideways. She's absolutely in the right on this. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #38

If she becomes Prez, I hope it causes her to embargo Saudi Arabia and cut off all Zorra Oct 2013 #49

I wish all politicians were this unwise. nt Deep13 Oct 2013 #51

Hillary Clinton has been a champion of human rights, especially women's rights, since Arkansas Granny Oct 2013 #2

And she was championing children's rights since her law school days. Beacool Oct 2013 #9

Disagree. closeupready Oct 2013 #35

OK. Can you explain why you disagree? Arkansas Granny Oct 2013 #36

Great cause. Miranda4peace Oct 2013 #4

Hillary was awarded the 2013 Chatham House Prize Beacool Oct 2013 #11

yeah is she going to take their heaven05 Oct 2013 #16

Good for Hillary! William769 Oct 2013 #22

Good for you, Hillary! cristianmarie533 Oct 2013 #23

Good! nt Tumbulu Oct 2013 #27

It's the law of the land there. christx30 Oct 2013 #30

What was your opinion of apartheid South Africa? ButterflyBlood Oct 2013 #31

So you're ok with christx30 Oct 2013 #32

I don't have a problem with Rosa Parks or Nelson Mandela no ButterflyBlood Oct 2013 #33

It's called civil disobedience. That's what people do to call attention to an unjust law. Arkansas Granny Oct 2013 #37

How do you think fundamentally unjust laws get changed? (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #39

The problem is christx30 Oct 2013 #41

You would've gone over wonderfully in the Jim Crow era. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #42

Again I ask christx30 Oct 2013 #43

I would support the position I believe to be correct, just like people fighting unjust laws do. Posteritatis Oct 2013 #44

I'm against the bans on women driving. christx30 Oct 2013 #45

Who cares? ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #47

I am. ForgoTheConsequence Oct 2013 #46

It is amazing that this is even an issue daleo Oct 2013 #34

It's even more amazing how many people here are defending the law. (nt) Posteritatis Oct 2013 #40

Good Stay calm buddy Oct 2013 #48

That would have had more weight if she had done it while still secretary of state. Pterodactyl Oct 2013 #50

Whoa. So she's thrown away the votes of the "Saudi women should be banned from driving" crowd. Nye Bevan Oct 2013 #52

Chatham House Prize to recognize her contribution to international diplomacy Sunlei Oct 2013 #53

So what is Hillary going to do to help the Saudi women who are punished for driving? JDPriestly Oct 2013 #54