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| Authored by: Winter on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 03:22 AM EST |
"Why is Saudi Arabia on every list of countries that do bad
things to their citizens?"
Because they are still in the middle ages, by official policy.
This is not a joke. Wahhabism has as its central dogma that all humans should
live as 8th century nomadic Arabs.
"Why are we even friends with them?"
We are not friends, our hate is mutual. However, we are allies, which is a
completely different thing.
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- Saudi Arabia - Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 25 2012 @ 01:16 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 04:51 AM EST |
"Why are we even friends with them?"
They may be thugs, but they're our thugs, and they're sitting on a big pile of
oil.
One day they'll outlive their usefulness and go the same way as Saddam Hussain.
Does anyone remember when he was one of America's "Most trusted
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| Authored by: Imaginos1892 on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 11:59 AM EST |
Because for 40 years, they hated the communists slightly more
than they hated us. Now that the Cold War is over, it's because
our State Department weenies are all hoping to get million-$
jobs in Saudi-financed "foreign policy think tanks" and give
"policy advice" to their successors.
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| Authored by: artp on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 12:00 PM EST |
Someday, I will be able to learn the truth about the Saudis,
and it won't be pretty. The collusion that the British
started (100 years ago?) that vaulted the Saudis from a
collection of tribes to a world power was continued by the
US and other countries.
Having worked in a company that sold supplies to the
oilfield industry, I heard plenty of tales about Aramco (the
Arabian-American Oil Company) that did not put either party
in a good light.
But it is the political machinations that I would really
like to see revealed someday. It might bring governments
down across the globe.
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When you're chained to an oar you don't think you should go down when the galley
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- Someday... - Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, December 12 2012 @ 01:36 PM EST
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| Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, December 25 2012 @ 02:19 PM EST |
rolleyes: x2Perhaps you missed the part were MS is iteiempnmlng ready-to-go
FLOSS solutions into it's products. Or where they contribute code to FLOSS
projects. Or are involved in development of Apache.This certainly is change,
even if you don't see it.Even MS acknowledges that is a break from the ordinary
in the first line of it's press release.Don't get me wrong. I'm not defending
their douche bag moves. But give credit were credit is due.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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