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edhopper

(33,168 posts)
13. True
Wed Oct 21, 2015, 09:28 AM
Oct 2015

but it has nothing to do with religion. Nothing. Not one bit. It has to do with everything else. That these punishments are dictated and justified because of their religion has zero to do with why this happens.
Or so I've been told.

Meaning Britain and America will be hot to sell them more state of the art and expensive weapons? Fred Sanders Oct 2015 #1
Our key middle eastern ally Boys n Girls JackInGreen Oct 2015 #2
The US picks the worst ones. n/t cpwm17 Oct 2015 #3
This is what scouring the internet looks like. rug Oct 2015 #4
Saudi Arabia has no written penal code. And the country is a monarchy, under a charter struggle4progress Oct 2015 #5
mix of religion and politics edhopper Oct 2015 #6
The problems posed by Saudi Arabia go far beyond issues of mixing religion and politics struggle4progress Oct 2015 #7
What are you saying the edhopper Oct 2015 #8
See #5 upthread. struggle4progress Oct 2015 #9
I was going to respond edhopper Oct 2015 #10
You'd only get another Google-galop if you did. cleanhippie Oct 2015 #11
The only person blathering here is you. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #14
That may be the Saudi narrative, but it manages to ignore the Ottoman empire, WWI, oil, and WWII. struggle4progress Oct 2015 #15
Ugh. Really? Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #19
Ain't nobody sayin nuthin round here! struggle4progress Oct 2015 #20
Well, it's been fun. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #22
Observe closely the answer you got Yorktown Oct 2015 #16
"We want sound-bites!" struggle4progress Oct 2015 #17
I'd settle for less bullshit. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2015 #18
Our noble allies in the war on terror. Iggo Oct 2015 #12
True edhopper Oct 2015 #13
Isn't it amazing? Cartoonist Oct 2015 #21
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