tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post4474483410645184530..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The New York Times Nails It - Saudi Arabia is Just an ISIS That Made It.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-70382978188151024162015-11-20T16:57:51.051-08:002015-11-20T16:57:51.051-08:00Re,
This is a mechanism of denial, and denial has ...Re,<br />This is a mechanism of denial, and denial has a price: preserving the famous strategic alliance with Saudi Arabia at the risk of forgetting that the kingdom also relies on an alliance with a religious clergy <br /><br />You understate the gravity of the problem .<br />Be it the UK Government, the (previous) Canadian Government or the US Government who will tie themselves in knots to justify selling armaments to Saudi Arabia.<br />AGAIN; our lust for profit is more dangerous than ISIS ever will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-90413901952155826462015-11-20T14:27:01.270-08:002015-11-20T14:27:01.270-08:00It is, Lorne, but our governmental dysfunction run...It is, Lorne, but our governmental dysfunction runs deep and is going to be difficult, if not impossible, to shake. We know the Saudis are bastards and they know we know but everyone thinks this symbiosis leaves the unaccountable and, so far, it has.<br /><br />Wouldn't it be wonderful if the US president released the redacted pages of the Congressional 9/11 report, the part that is supposed to implicate the Saudi leadership? I doubt I'll ever see it in my lifetime.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-21971106589964216052015-11-20T14:04:07.638-08:002015-11-20T14:04:07.638-08:00Given the virtual MSM cone of silence about such s...Given the virtual MSM cone of silence about such sordid relationships, Mound, it is encouraging to see The New York Times exposing them.Lornehttp://www.politicsanditsdiscontents.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-72238929398212863562015-11-20T13:43:22.204-08:002015-11-20T13:43:22.204-08:00Sorry, no, you're right. I'll fix that rig...Sorry, no, you're right. I'll fix that right up.<br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-76698137104438847572015-11-20T13:20:56.959-08:002015-11-20T13:20:56.959-08:00Mound said, "The Houthi rebels are waging bat...Mound said, "The Houthi rebels are waging battles with al Qaeda and ISIS units. In other words the Saudis are informally delivering air strikes against the same murderous Islamist bastards we're trying to defeat in Syria and Iraq."<br /><br />Did you get that right? tobynoreply@blogger.com