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Washington Post: Saudi 'Islamic Military Alliance' Makes no Sense
2015-12-19
[ALMANAR.LB] The new military alliance announced recently by the Saudi defense minister to fight terrorism motivated the think-tankers in the western media to write about the seriousness of the Saudi decision, pointing at "some perplexing aspects to this new alliance" and the real goals behind creating it.

"In many ways, this alliance seems designed to calm Western critics who have frequently complained that the Muslim world isn't doing enough to combat terrorism and extremism," said Adam Taylor in the Washington Post, indicating that "the details of the planned alliance are more than a little unclear and have left some scratching their heads, unsure who exactly is in the alliance and what it is actually designed to do."

Taylor wrote that the Soddy Arabia
Posted by:Fred

#4  aw ffs theres a committee and everything - what more do you silly kaffirs want?
Posted by: Bov Flimbers   2015-12-19 23:59  

#3  ... wants to appear to be doing something while doing nothing; sums up the new Saudi alliance quite nicely. Well said.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-12-19 16:57  

#2  WAPO wrote that? It's got to be a sop to Obama; the guy who wants to appear to be doing something while doing nothing.
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-12-19 10:39  

#1  A gesture for the genius in WH.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-12-19 02:54  

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