Saudis warn of economic reprisals if Congress passes 9/11

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  1. OrangeEmpire

    OrangeEmpire Take a chance, Custer did

    Saudis warn of economic reprisals if Congress passes 9/11 bill

    http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/16/politics/saudi-arabia-government-9-11-congress-bill/

    Thoughts?
     
  2. Savage Orange

    Savage Orange I need ammunition, not a ride. -V Zelensky.

    Arab privilege.
     
  3. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    laughable. They desperately need our oil money to fund their social programs and keep the royal family in power. They are already liquidating their sovereign wealth fund in the billions, not adding to it, because of the drop in oil and we seem to be surviving just fine.
     
  4. Volst53

    Volst53 Super Moderator

    ****'em
     
  5. IP

    IP Super Moderator

    Bring it on. I don't give a shit what they sell off.
     
  6. bigpapavol

    bigpapavol Chieftain

    Exactly. Monroe doctrine kicking back in. Tell them the screw themselves. Chinese next.
     
  7. rbroyles

    rbroyles Chieftain

     
  8. warhammer

    warhammer Chieftain

    Surely the Saudis have nothing to fear, right?
     
  9. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    Can somebody tell me why we like the Saudis and hate the Iranians?
     
  10. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    One has cheap oil and the other doesn't, while the latter also held Americans hostage for over a year in our own embassy.

    Saudi Arabia is one of the shittiest, most backward ass places in the world, far worse than Iran. We cater to a society that, literally, has a special police force for morals, i.e. beat on women for doing almost anything that asserts her identity and independence as a person.
     
  11. lumberjack4

    lumberjack4 Chieftain

    Not to mention that Wahhabism is currently the leading reason for terrorism.
     
  12. bigpapavol

    bigpapavol Chieftain

    That's ending. They know it and we know it. Calling this bluff is right. Letting us make the call to boycott their oil would be beautiful
     
  13. NorrisAlan

    NorrisAlan Founder of the Mike Honcho Fan Club

    Ding ding ding. Their brand of Islam is the worst brand.

    In fact, if I am the USA, I say "OK, we will buy it all back. How much you want?"
     
  14. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    Far more backwards than Iran? Come on. You had me until that.
     
  15. bigpapavol

    bigpapavol Chieftain

    Saudi is caveman society. They're backward as all get out.
     
  16. droski

    droski Traffic Criminal

    And Iran isn't?
     
  17. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    I've talked to lots of Iranians about their country, and what it's like there. Closest comp. is probably Turkey or Lebanon. The average Iranian is far less backwards than the average Saudi. The Anthony Bourdain episode from Tehran is really interesting.
     
  18. bigpapavol

    bigpapavol Chieftain

    Sure, but they don't support a king's extended family of thousands at the expense of all else.
     
  19. bigpapavol

    bigpapavol Chieftain

    Yes. They still have the legacy of the Persians. The Saudis have...oil and Wahabbists.
     
  20. Unimane

    Unimane Kill "The Caucasian"

    Iran is Athenian Greece to a hunter gatherer society compared to Saudi Arabia. Women have significantly more rights and social agency in Iran than in a Saudi society that doesn't let them go out in public without a male family escort.
     

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