tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post865316698952148158..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: As If You Needed Another Reason to Loathe Saudi Arabia.The Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-24068328418862795962014-02-19T09:50:14.668-08:002014-02-19T09:50:14.668-08:00Lukid, Saudis, Taliban, Al Queda, Republicans and ...Lukid, Saudis, Taliban, Al Queda, Republicans and Reform Cons are all peas in a pod.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162783936999869984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-82617049146040055912014-02-18T15:38:52.051-08:002014-02-18T15:38:52.051-08:00Yeah, if we can sell those anti-democratic, oppres...Yeah, if we can sell those anti-democratic, oppressive bastards $10-billion in light armoured vehicles that will probably be used only to keep Saudi dissidents subdued or fed into the Syrian maelstrom, that's just dandy and the Saudis are our BFFs. <br /><br />You can tell if a despot is any goddamned good by whether he buys Canadian gear.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-29529877809485154642014-02-18T15:13:36.798-08:002014-02-18T15:13:36.798-08:00Now for a few words from our Gov't on Saudi Ar...Now for a few words from our Gov't on Saudi Arabia;<br /><br />'Important partner'<br /><br />In a statement, Trade Minister Ed Fast's spokesman Rudy Husny defended the deal with Saudi Arabia.<br /><br />"Saudi Arabia is an important partner for Canada. It has significant regional and global influence, and plays a leadership role among Arab countries on key regional issues, including Syria and Iran," Husny wrote.<br /><br />"We will continue to engage with Saudi Arabia on a range of issues including regional security and human rights."<br /><br />http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/general-dynamics-canada-wins-10b-deal-with-saudi-arabia-1.2537934<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-7044923076962081992014-02-18T12:29:14.591-08:002014-02-18T12:29:14.591-08:00Mound, I have one word to describe it 'bizarre...Mound, I have one word to describe it 'bizarre'.<br /><br />Corrupt sheikhs and it trickles down. I don't think it had anything to do with the religion. LeDarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526776746689708239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-36027093077521087722014-02-18T12:24:42.146-08:002014-02-18T12:24:42.146-08:00Not sure just who the Taliban are these days, exac...Not sure just who the Taliban are these days, exactly, so it's hard to comment on them. But the old school Taliban were way less fucked up than the Saudis. Sure, they were male chauvinist bastards and medieval hardasses who authorized vicious legal punishments for so-called crimes that merited no such thing. But they believed in the rule of law and they weren't corrupt. They weren't like the warlords--they'd stone you to death after they found you guilty of something, but they wouldn't rape you and steal your stuff first.<br /><br />The Saudi upper echelons manage to be pretty much every kind of evil at once--they do all the vicious stuff characteristic of stone-faced moralistic theocrats, and then turn around and treat the servants as sex slaves while snorting coke at decadent parties. Their laws are horrible, but anyway don't apply to the wealthy and powerful, who do any kind of shit they want and brutalize or kill anyone who complains.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com