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2016-10-12 Arabia

US Should Stop Making Excuses for Saudi Violations in Yemen

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Posted by badanov 2016-10-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 I look forward to Saudi's fall.

It won't be enough payback for 9-11, but it will be a move in the right direction.

Other than sheer and unadulterated cowardice, is there a single reason that we haven't blown up the location of the Hadj and declared "game on"?

Posted by Crusader 2016-10-12 01:07|| 2016-10-12 01:07|| Front Page Top

#2 ...or better yet, booze it up

Way ahead of you, skipper...

IMO, Mecca, Medina, Riyadh and Jeddah should have been leveled shortly after 9/11 with nukes set on maximum.

.com (God bless him) used to point out that there was this small strip of 40 KM land on their soil that controls all the oil. Opportunity missed...

Posted by Raj 2016-10-12 01:47|| 2016-10-12 01:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Ah yes, the fabled "Republic of Eastern Arabia", led by President Moishe "Big Johnny" Abraham...

Posted by Steve White 2016-10-12 08:58|| 2016-10-12 08:58|| Front Page Top

#4 Beg partment Dr White?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-10-12 09:33|| 2016-10-12 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 I wonder if PD is raising hell in heaven or drilling for cold water in hell. Or perhaps come back as the 12th Imman from the well. SURPRISE SURPISE SURPRISE.

:(

Posted by Shipman 2016-10-12 10:30|| 2016-10-12 10:30|| Front Page Top

#6 A map that shows the 40 km strip, and also shows how most of the oil in the region lies where mostly Shia live. Maybe the Sunni/Shia thing is more about oil than religion?

Posted by Bobby 2016-10-12 13:28|| 2016-10-12 13:28|| Front Page Top

#7 No reason it can't be both, Bobby.

Posted by Barbara 2016-10-12 16:08|| 2016-10-12 16:08|| Front Page Top

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