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| Our Frenemy Saudi Arabia - Evil but a necessary ally |
| 2016-03-25 |
| Have the Saudis contributed roughly since 1979 to a major historical shift in the Sunni Muslim world toward a more literalist, less tolerant attitude toward non-Muslims and non-Sunni Muslims? Yes. Have Saudi schools in the Kingdom and Saudi financing of Wahhabi mosques and madrassas abroad been the means for this giant misdeed? Yes. Have the Saudis bribed Americans and Europeans with "endowment" funds here and there to mute objections to this knavery in the West? No doubt about it. Have they been playing essentially a double game for many years, buying protection against radical threats at home by bribing them into export, as it were? Sure, absolutely. So this means that the U.S. government should break ties with these villains, treat them as enemies, and seek regime change if possible? No, no, and no. |
| Posted by:lord garth |
| #3 You can read Bernie's views on fracking here: http://feelthebern.org/bernie-sanders-on-energy-policy/ As usual: the oil industry gets too many subsidies, fracking should be banned, et cetera... I think there's a footnote saying that Thing should be banned from employment for life. I'm on my phone, you'll have to Google the other candidates yourself. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-03-25 14:30 |
| #2 Is is just me, or not a single candidate mentioned fracking? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-03-25 13:10 |
| #1 It means the US should not be kissing their arse but instead should be looking for alternate means of energy (nuclear baby!) to put them out of business while at the same time pushing them to cage the dogs they've unleashed. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-03-25 12:19 |