Saudi Arabia - should we do business with them?
Poll: Saudi Arabia - should we do business with them?
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Discussion
Blib said:
968 said:
No they don't want to live like SA and your assertion in this post demonstrates the lack of knowledge you have about these people. We should not do business with this terrible regime who are the biggest exporters of violence, extremism and terror in the world. Pragmatism has caused massive problems manifest in the Middle East. People who espouse it and cannot see beyond the short term are responsible for this chaos. The Saudis are pure evil and we have been on the wrong side of their argument with Iran for years and in the meantime they've exported their disgusting perversion of Islam around the world, unfettered by the USA addicted to their oil.
This.LastLight said:
Blib said:
968 said:
No they don't want to live like SA and your assertion in this post demonstrates the lack of knowledge you have about these people. We should not do business with this terrible regime who are the biggest exporters of violence, extremism and terror in the world. Pragmatism has caused massive problems manifest in the Middle East. People who espouse it and cannot see beyond the short term are responsible for this chaos. The Saudis are pure evil and we have been on the wrong side of their argument with Iran for years and in the meantime they've exported their disgusting perversion of Islam around the world, unfettered by the USA addicted to their oil.
This.S.A.Was created by the British and is now fully controlled by the U.S.A.Israel is the 51 and Saudi the 52nd State of the U.S.A.If Saudi ever collapsed and the people took over the influence of the States in the Middle East would be over.
The Americans won't allow this.Read the history and how the Saudis came to power.They betrayed their own kind in the Middle East and are totally subservient to the west.America.
The Americans won't allow this.Read the history and how the Saudis came to power.They betrayed their own kind in the Middle East and are totally subservient to the west.America.
Again, the question really has to be asked doesn't it?
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015...
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015...
vonuber said:
Again, the question really has to be asked doesn't it?
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015...
This doesn't surprise me.http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015...
I used to work with a guy who worked for many years in Saudi.
He said how there was one set of rules for Nationals and western workers and another for filipinos.
They were treated like crap and were treated very harshly for the most minor of things and they met the sword very easily.
GT03ROB said:
That'll be good, what do you think happens then?
No idea. Civil unrest maybe or can they just borrow more or print money?http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-eas...
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2015/08/06...
GT03ROB said:
Pesty said:
They will be bankrupt by 2020 unless barrel of oil is over $100 I read recently.
30 million people only 5.5 million work and over 3 million of those are government employees, the rest are on benefits.
That'll be good, what do you think happens then?30 million people only 5.5 million work and over 3 million of those are government employees, the rest are on benefits.
Zammy said:
GT03ROB said:
Pesty said:
They will be bankrupt by 2020 unless barrel of oil is over $100 I read recently.
30 million people only 5.5 million work and over 3 million of those are government employees, the rest are on benefits.
That'll be good, what do you think happens then?30 million people only 5.5 million work and over 3 million of those are government employees, the rest are on benefits.
Had to check it wasn't April 1st.
washingtonpost said:
Authorities in Saudi Arabia have long been annoyed that everyone keeps suggesting they are anything like the Islamic State. Sure, they say, perhaps some of the laws on the books may look similar to the punishments in the extremist organization, but the Saudi kingdom is a sovereign state that abides by the rule of law and uses these punishments with discretion.
Now, reports in the Saudi press suggest that authorities have a new tactic for those who compare them to the Islamic State: taking them to court. According to a report in pro-government newspaper Al Riyadh, the Saudi justice ministry is planning to sue a Twitter user who suggested that a death sentence recently handed out to a Palestinian artist for apostasy was "ISIS-like."
"Questioning the fairness of the courts is to question the justice of the Kingdom and its judicial system based on Islamic law, which guarantees rights and ensures human dignity," a source in the justice ministry told the newspaper, according to a translation by Reuters. The ministry would not hesitate to sue "any media that slandered the religious judiciary of the Kingdom," the source added.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/11/26/if-you-keep-saying-saudi-arabia-is-like-the-isis-you-might-get-sued/Now, reports in the Saudi press suggest that authorities have a new tactic for those who compare them to the Islamic State: taking them to court. According to a report in pro-government newspaper Al Riyadh, the Saudi justice ministry is planning to sue a Twitter user who suggested that a death sentence recently handed out to a Palestinian artist for apostasy was "ISIS-like."
"Questioning the fairness of the courts is to question the justice of the Kingdom and its judicial system based on Islamic law, which guarantees rights and ensures human dignity," a source in the justice ministry told the newspaper, according to a translation by Reuters. The ministry would not hesitate to sue "any media that slandered the religious judiciary of the Kingdom," the source added.
This basically answers the question. People who read new articles about the evils of the 'house of saud', and how they run their country need to just refer back to this post,and think to themselves, "are we as corrupt as them!?"...
drivetrain said:
Correct, read up on the history of ARAMCO.
Fratricide, the way forward in the Middle East.
Also in the UAE where Sheikh Zayed killed his ruling brother and all his family at the behest of the British government and materially assisted by the British army. This shameful episode was then airbrushed from history in order to maintain British influence in the UAE and the Gulf area generally.
Even to this day, Brits are very much respected in the UAE even to the extent that the British embassy staff in Abu Dhabi are infamous for preferring to make snidey deals with the local sheikhs over and above representing the interests of their country and UK nationals.
Fratricide, the way forward in the Middle East.
Also in the UAE where Sheikh Zayed killed his ruling brother and all his family at the behest of the British government and materially assisted by the British army. This shameful episode was then airbrushed from history in order to maintain British influence in the UAE and the Gulf area generally.
Even to this day, Brits are very much respected in the UAE even to the extent that the British embassy staff in Abu Dhabi are infamous for preferring to make snidey deals with the local sheikhs over and above representing the interests of their country and UK nationals.
Edited by Leroy902 on Friday 27th November 10:48
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