Think about THIS next time somebody lectures you about the threat of Islamic Fundamentalism

[kpete]

Laying it on a little thick don't you think?

by digby

Of course the Saudi government has only beheaded 15 people so far in 2015, so I guess all the plaudits are appropriate:
https://news.vice.com/article/woman-is-publicly-beheaded-in-saudi-arabias-tenth-execution-of-2015





The US government isn't the only allegedly civilized Western nation to be lugubriously eulogizing the King of Saudi Arabia today. They all are.

Think about that the next time somebody lectures you about failing to understand the threat of Islamic fundamentalism.



http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2015/01/laying-it-on-little-thick-dont-you-think.html




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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2005/04/the_idealist_in_the_bluebonnets.html

[KoKo]

1. Definitely.... I wonder what the need was to be so effusive?

What do we owe them...besides our oil agreements?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. The enemy of my enemy is my friend unless he's the enemy of my friend..or something.

[Avalux]

3. I'm sure a rich white man of power will have a different view of Abdullah than others.

Kerry is probably being truthful about his personal experiences with the king. Abdullah was considered a moderate who made incremental changes away from extremism; hence, he was our friend (sort of). We'll see what happens now.