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| ''Within one year, SaudiArabia was able to eliminate 40 years of extremism'' |
| 2020-11-16 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Sometimes I wonder if Trump hires people just for the sake of firing them. Kind of seems like, but I think his problem is he hires people much like himself - people who are confident (?over-confident) and won't back down to him. You don't find the typical cadre of 'yes men' around Trump, so when (not if) they butt heads, Trump wins. Not ideal, but also probably not as bad as the normal system. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-11-16 14:11 |
| #11 Tillerson was fired, but not over Saudi efforts, I don't believe. He had a long and reasonably successful pre-political relationship (via Exxon/Saudi Aramco) that I believe got the ball rolling in Trump-Saudi communications - 'private' communications. The timing is telling - the first moderations occurred just before Tillerson left and the recent, broader Arab world moderations that got Trump some Nobel nominations are under Pompeo's oversight. Energy + 'CIA' is a combination that tends to get heard in KSA, I think. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-11-16 13:47 |
| #10 Sometimes I wonder if Trump hires people just for the sake of firing them. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-11-16 11:51 |
| #9 Tillerson was fired |
| Posted by: Don Vito Clains3439 2020-11-16 11:48 |
| #8 These guys don't wait. They seethe. |
| Posted by: AuburnTom 2020-11-16 11:33 |
| #7 Between fracking and Rex Tillerson What did Tillerson do? |
| Posted by: Jiggs Mussolini1669 2020-11-16 11:16 |
| #6 Rex...wow, I'd forgotten all about him! |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-11-16 09:54 |
| #5 Certainly not eliminated, but the moderation is not entirely imaginary. Between fracking and Rex Tillerson I think some pragmatic Saudi eyes opened a bit. And it takes a lot of time and effort to put even one squeeze of the toothpaste called freedom back in the tube. If only Trump had four more years ... (Biden is sure to screw things up.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2020-11-16 09:51 |
| #4 Fifty years, Raj? With Biden I'd check you in 3 yrs max. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2020-11-16 09:14 |
| #3 It's not dead; it's just resting - check you in fifty years. |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-11-16 08:35 |
| #2 they nuked Mecca? |
| Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 2020-11-16 07:31 |
| #1 ...No, they didn't - it's all still there, waiting for the right moment to rear its ugly head again. But what they did manage to do was convince the people who pushed this sort of thing that for at least the time being, it's safer to keep your head down. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-11-16 06:00 |