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2019-05-26 Arabia

Melanie Phillips: How Are Our New Best Friends In Saudi Arabia Doing These Days?

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-05-26 01:33|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia

#1 You don't like Mo bin Salman? Just consider all the possible alternatives at the moment. Got a better one?

Posted by Glenmore 2019-05-26 08:17|| 2019-05-26 08:17|| Front Page Top

#2 it was an attempt by MBS to kidnap him back to Saudi Arabia that went badly wrong

OK, boss. We snatched up him like you said.
Well, where is he?
Over there. In those buckets.
What?
There's some out in the garage, too.

Posted by SteveS 2019-05-26 09:09|| 2019-05-26 09:09|| Front Page Top

#3 In Capone's time, he'd have said. "Eh, OK. The linguine is getting cold..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-26 10:10|| 2019-05-26 10:10|| Front Page Top

#4 And I do think MBS really doesn't consider the Khashoggi affair a loss. It reads more like, "OK, wahhabi losers. New sheriff in town. New rules. Watch and learn. One can hope, anyway...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-26 10:14|| 2019-05-26 10:14|| Front Page Top

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