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JoeyT

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16. The Middle East would've been a lot more

Reply to hollowdweller (Reply #14)

Sun Mar 9, 2014, 06:23 PM

Mar 2014

secular if we and the Russians hadn't kept fucking around over there. It's hard to get secular when outside groups keep killing or ousting your leaders to keep the pot stirred up.

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Saudi Arabia backs global �terrorism�: Iraq PM [View all] cqo_000 Mar 2014 OP

Sources: fire hot, water wet (nt) Recursion Mar 2014 #1

Likewise, water is wet. delrem Mar 2014 #2

Good Morning azurnoir Mar 2014 #12

In other news, fish swim, most birds fly and the sun rises in the east. Nanjing to Seoul Mar 2014 #3

Al-Maliki is saying what needs to be said; there is an undercurrent of either religious fanaticism freshwest Mar 2014 #4

Saudi Arabia... Our worst best friend... Democracyinkind Mar 2014 #5

These people are part of jamzrockz Mar 2014 #6

That's certainly helpful. another_liberal Mar 2014 #7

Didn't we learn this on 9/11? KansDem Mar 2014 #8

Yes, Saddam did it. jsr Mar 2014 #9

If we had completely irradiated the Saudi Government instead of Iraq, we'd have been silvershadow Mar 2014 #11

This message brought to you by Captain Obvious. nt silvershadow Mar 2014 #10

If you look at middle east terror hollowdweller Mar 2014 #14

The Middle East would've been a lot more JoeyT Mar 2014 #16

maybe if Iran would stop funding terrorists who attack Israel dlwickham Mar 2014 #17

The Saudis and Qataris have a lot of blood on their hands. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #13

Is this the right time to thank Saudia Arabia for their contribution to 9/11, Todays_Illusion Mar 2014 #15