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With Japan we had proof, all we have right now with Saudi Arabia is speculation on whether the Saudi government was actually involved. Or do you believe an attacker merely originating from a particular country justifies attacking that country?
Depends on what you call the "Saudi government"--which of those 1500 or so princes of the family Saud you consider "the government" and when they are operating as such.
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Depends on what you call the "Saudi government"--which of those 1500 or so princes of the family Saud you consider "the government" and when they are operating as such.
Good point, it's hard enough to figure out what part of our own government is actually working for this country anymore judging by its willingness to hide things like those 28 pages.
Yeah, but the Kochs don't create and fund groups to burn cities down, nor do they manipulate currency.
They do however want to reverse every break that the New Deal gave us by founding and funding the Cato Institute. If the Koch brothers have their way NASA would be privatized, ninety year old people might have to sue a corporation for their SS benefits, and public sector unions would come under renewed attack.
The Cato Institute opposes child labor laws. The Dickensian quote "Are there no prisons? Are there no work houses?" would take on new meaning.
The Koch philosophy embodied in the Cato Institutes agenda is dreadful. Everything that makes life decent in the USA would be privatized or taken away. NASA might be privatized and lay off thousands. That should mean something to someone from a Houston suburb like you.
The power of oil. Times now seemed to have changed?
We are currently trying to topple Assad in Syria so that the Saudis and US oil can run an oil/gas pipeline through Syria into Europe. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
They do however want to reverse every break that the New Deal gave us by founding and funding the Cato Institute. If the Koch brothers have their way NASA would be privatized, ninety year old people might have to sue a corporation for their SS benefits, and public sector unions would come under renewed attack.
The Cato Institute opposes child labor laws. The Dickensian quote "Are there no prisons? Are there no work houses?" would take on new meaning.
The Koch philosophy embodied in the Cato Institutes agenda is dreadful. Everything that makes life decent in the USA would be privatized or taken away. NASA might be privatized and lay off thousands. That should mean something to someone from a Houston suburb like you.
Why stop as the Koch Bros institutes/think tanks/endowments? There are thousands of them run by the left as well that helped create things such as the free trade deals that sent our jobs overseas, that help keep open borders which costs Americans jobs and drive down wages, that created unfair prison sentences, that work to disarm law abiding citizens, that helped bring us to our present state of health care, sky-high prescription drug prices, drag down our educational system, etc. I'm in favor of all these institutes/think tanks/endowments being fully taxed and transparent, but that would be a massive net loser for the left.
No, they'll just ignore anything about Obama and keep frothing at the mouth about Bush, ignoring reality is their speciality. Nothing gets the CD liberals going like a good "Bush is a traitor" thread, just look at the peaceful liberals saying he should be executed.
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Things get complicated when you're the King and the guy holding the dagger behind his back is your brother's son-in-law, and your bro is next in line to the throne. And his son-in-law is a general who commands 3,000 troops. And is his favorite son-in-law.
On top of all of this, your kingdom is the most militarily powerful in the region, and is one of the richest countries on the planet.
If the King kills or imprisons the son-in-law, who has the money and the power to pull a coup and kill you and half of your 40 royal brothers, then, you tell me, burdell… if you were the King, what would you do walking in this pair of shoes?
I have no idea what I'd do as King of such a screwball kingdom but, IF I was the POTUS and those 28 pages implicated the King and his cohorts in an act of war against the US the only kiss that King would be getting prancing thru the garden would be from a cruise missile.
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No, they'll just ignore anything about Obama and keep frothing at the mouth about Bush, ignoring reality is their speciality. Nothing gets the CD liberals going like a good "Bush is a traitor" thread, just look at the peaceful liberals saying he should be executed.
Well, IF those 28 pages contain information implicating Saudi Arabia in the 9/11 attacks Bush IS a traitor for ignoring that and invading/occupying a nation that did nothing to us, just a bit more costly in blood and $$$ than Obama's inaction despite the lame attempts at shifting blame away from Bush.
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