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JustABozoOnThisBus

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52. A force for stability?
Mon Nov 23, 2015, 09:08 AM
Nov 2015

So is Assad.

So was Saddam Hussein.

So was Muammar Qaddafi.

I don't think "stability" is one of our goals.

We get less than 20% of our oil from them, it could be less. smirkymonkey Nov 2015 #1
13% in 2014. n/t tammywammy Nov 2015 #63
Yeah. I'd say it's the OIL. n/t inanna Nov 2015 #2
Do you know that Iran provides transgender surgery almost free of charge? 951-Riverside Nov 2015 #3
I wasn't aware of that, wow!! darkangel218 Nov 2015 #4
Well, Iran hangs gays.. Yorktown Nov 2015 #7
They still don't get a pass from me. Maybe it's the 16 yo girls they hang on the public boulevards trillion Nov 2015 #34
Okay, it looks like they do, but being gay comes with possible execution trillion Nov 2015 #37
Transgender and homosexuality are not interchangeable. Behind the Aegis Nov 2015 #39
I believe it is forced transgender surgery if you are gay Shankapotomus Nov 2015 #40
Looks like the HuffPost writer has a long history of putting out Pro-Iranian propaganda... 951-Riverside Nov 2015 #54
Why are we still allies with Israel? Steven the Somnolent Nov 2015 #5
I don't think we can compare SA with Israel. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #9
Talk to a Palestinian Steven the Somnolent Nov 2015 #12
Gotcha. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #13
Also, care to elaborate on that? darkangel218 Nov 2015 #11
We just made the largest wepons sale in history to Saudi Arabia. newthinking Nov 2015 #6
+1 RiverLover Nov 2015 #41
We sell them lots of weapons. OnyxCollie Nov 2015 #8
AHA! Thank you. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #10
Because our elites are idiots MFrohike Nov 2015 #14
A more important question is why are we fighting their war for them? 6000eliot Nov 2015 #15
That too. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #16
"Follow the money." Best, briefest political advice ever given. merrily Nov 2015 #47
having spent more than 20 years there - I will say this - As bad as the royal family is - and they Douglas Carpenter Nov 2015 #17
I disagree with you. How much worse can it get?? darkangel218 Nov 2015 #18
most likely the matawa - the "religious police" would be the only cohesive group who could take Douglas Carpenter Nov 2015 #19
We still shouldn't consider them "allies". darkangel218 Nov 2015 #20
allies is probably not the best word - machiavellian symbiotic relationship is more the situation Douglas Carpenter Nov 2015 #21
Well, thats just sick. IMHO. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #22
True, same with Saddam treestar Nov 2015 #30
having lived there myself i agree 100% NuttyFluffers Nov 2015 #43
Two obvious reasons: Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2015 #23
I don't understand the second reason. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #24
Imagine what the Arabian peninsula would be like A HERETIC I AM Nov 2015 #27
It's not stable as we speak darkangel218 Nov 2015 #28
It's a hell of a lot more stable now than it would be with a power vacuum. n/t A HERETIC I AM Nov 2015 #29
the 911 terrorists being from there treestar Nov 2015 #31
Really? darkangel218 Nov 2015 #32
Real quick. What's your operating definition of "stability"? Scootaloo Nov 2015 #36
There is no stability with barbarians. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #38
Right, so you're just throwing words around Scootaloo Nov 2015 #59
Daesh has carved out a nation sized territory made up of parts of actual nations. Not stable. Bluenorthwest Nov 2015 #50
Look at Syria. tazkcmo Nov 2015 #56
A force for stability? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #52
Yes, as I pointed out. Donald Ian Rankin Nov 2015 #58
No, I think GHWB made the initial error JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #64
Sadam disproves your number two reason PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #66
Opposites attract. We're Yin, they're Yang. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #25
Lol. darkangel218 Nov 2015 #26
They complete us. CJCRANE Nov 2015 #45
They had us at "Hello". Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #57
Money. and yes, they are about to behead, crucify, and hang upside down, teenagers who protested trillion Nov 2015 #33
Sickening :'( darkangel218 Nov 2015 #35
My cousin is an RN who worked in SA for awhile, years ago. polly7 Nov 2015 #55
Worst country on earth. Worst culture on earth. hifiguy Nov 2015 #69
Malik lived most of her life in SA apparently. darkangel218 Dec 2015 #71
Because of Wall Street and 911 Ichingcarpenter Nov 2015 #42
oil = dollars Locrian Nov 2015 #44
America has enough people, land and resources to thrive CJCRANE Nov 2015 #48
sure it does Locrian Nov 2015 #49
That question has gone mainstream in Belgium BelgianMadCow Nov 2015 #46
Oil - Oil - Oil cantbeserious Nov 2015 #51
Follow the money hobbit709 Nov 2015 #53
Simple. KamaAina Nov 2015 #60
$ Glassunion Nov 2015 #61
Because Saudi Arabia competes with Iran for political dominance in the Middle East Act_of_Reparation Nov 2015 #62
"Money trumps peace" PowerToThePeople Nov 2015 #65
By default. Xolodno Nov 2015 #67
They are splended customers of the Merchants of Death. hifiguy Nov 2015 #68
So it turns out that one of the shooters spent most of her life in SA darkangel218 Dec 2015 #70
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