Saudi Assistant Minister of Defense Eng. Talal Al-Otaibi discussed various aspects of defense cooperation with senior officials of Russia, China, Pakistan and Iran
  • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hmm who could have seen that kissing a regressive monarchy’s ass for far too long would bite us in the ass?

    Anybody who realized how involved the Saudi Royal family and their intelligence agency was with 9/11 and anyone who understood how the Saudi’s were spreading the extremist breeding Wahhabism and funding the building Wahhabist schools.

    The Saudis were always pieces of shit and horrible allies for the West.

      • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        We should have just helped the Shah stamp out the Islamic revolution instead and stuck with Iran as a regional Allie.

        And now after saying that I have a dirty Henry Kissinger feeling.

        • Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          That’s geopolitics for you. You’re probably valuing human rights, and they were probably valuing cash, but the means are the same.

          • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Thx for the fair words, but yeah geopolitics is a dirty game, as far as I’m concerned democracy and freedom of speech are worth fighting or dying for.

        • LostMyRedditLogin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Uh, no. Wtf. The Shah was an oppressive authoritarian. That’s one of the reasons why Iran is pissed at us. We should have let them nationalize their oil industry and not overthrown their democratically elected leader.

          • DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            The Shah was an oppressive authoritarian. That’s one of the reasons why Iran is pissed at us.

            O rly now? Hmm such a difference from now, lol.

            But fr I meant Mohammad Mosaddeq, not that shah, just forgot about which one we overthrew.

  • Max_Power@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Saudi Arabia lol… What about their proxy war with Iran in Yemen? What about the US bases in Saudi Arabia?

      • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        the guy’s a moron. he’s seriously trying to build a city that is one huge skyscraper a block wide and…110 miles long…in the fucking Arabian desert. whoever got him to agree to that shit is ripping him off so bad. Google “The Line Saudi Arabia” or “NEOM” which is seriously short for Neo-Mohammed.