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Saudis are an elite Ally

Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:09 pm
Posted by geauxEdO
Member since Aug 2017
111 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:09 pm
First, I don’t care how another country operates within its borders. As long as there’s no genocide or abhorrent human rights violations, do your thing.

The Saudis are a regional power, they have a strong military (relative to rest of the world), and they are a traditional/conservative culture. They don’t give a frick about woke ideology and they hate globalism. These are the types of countries we should be aligning with moving forward.

Obviously, this assumes they hold up their end of the bargain as an ally and stand up against terrorism, but I genuinely think MBS and the Saudis hate the terrorists too. After all, they’re bad for business.

Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
58774 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:13 pm to
Saudis > Israelis
Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
27959 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:15 pm to
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they have a strong military




They had to get daddy to help with Yemen....I said Yemen.

They may be worse than the Russians if thats even possible.
Posted by au4you
Alabama
Member since Dec 2010
3056 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:17 pm to
Uhhhh 9/11?
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
Member since Jan 2012
91896 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:18 pm to
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but I genuinely think MBS and the Saudis hate the terrorists too


You’d be wrong. They hate their religious opposition terrorists just not their own.

MBS wields a big sword in the country though relative to the religious leaders of country.
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
16999 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:20 pm to
In the 40's, the King of Saud was riding a camel, also known as "camel jockeying", with his national treasury hangin off the camel in a sack cloth. In the 50's, the King nationalized the Saudi oil and the NYT forced Eisenhower down from going to war to protect what we had built. People were very upset!!

Soon, the "petro-dollar" was born. What kind of world would it be if it had been aborted?

Of course we need to pump them up. We need our dollars back!!
Posted by AlextheBodacious
Member since Oct 2020
3588 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:22 pm to
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As long as there’s no abhorrent human rights violations


What human rights violations do you consider abhorrent. Saudi is likely good for some on your list.
Posted by Bama Mountain
Member since Oct 2025
508 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:23 pm to
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abhorrent human rights violations


You don't think Saudi Arabia has an abhorrent human rights record?

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they hate globalism.


The global oil trade built Saudia Arabia. If it wasn't for globalism the Saudis would be living in tents.
Posted by RelicBatches86
Florida
Member since Nov 2024
911 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:24 pm to
theres people on Twitter calling Mamdani a jihadist and saying hes linked to terrorist

then ignoring that we bring in a former terrorist, the now head of Syria and the Saudis a few weeks later into the White House

i dont give a shite, a beneficial relationship with Syria and Saudis stabilizes the middle east but that is funny
Posted by KingOrange
Mayfair
Member since Aug 2018
12479 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:28 pm to
Saudis and Daddy are tight.
Posted by 14&Counting
Dallas, TX
Member since Jul 2012
41304 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:30 pm to
quote:

Saudis are an elite Ally


quote:

As long as there’s no genocide or abhorrent human rights violations, do your thing.



Posted by geauxEdO
Member since Aug 2017
111 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:44 pm to
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They had to get daddy to help with Yemen....I said Yemen. They may be worse than the Russians if thats even possible.


i wouldn’t judge a country based on a proxy war against dug-in rebels fighting on their turf. and i said relative - comparing them to Russia proves my point.
Posted by Marshhen
Port Eads
Member since Nov 2018
940 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:50 pm to
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theres people on Twitter calling Mamdani a jihadist and saying hes linked to terrorist


His form of terrorism is much, much worse …. It’s socialism and it can actually bring down a nation …
Posted by geauxEdO
Member since Aug 2017
111 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:53 pm to
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Uhhhh 9/11?


Saudi Arabia did not do 9/11. 15 of the hijackers were Saudi Arabian citizens, but they trained in Afghanistan for a terrorist group based out of Afghanistan. You can’t put that on the Saudi government.
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
84204 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:55 pm to
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they have a strong military (relative to rest of the world), and they are a traditional/conservative culture. They don’t give a frick about woke ideology and they hate globalism.


it’s hard to tell satire from earnestness around here these days.
Posted by RohanGonzales
Member since Apr 2024
7706 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:57 pm to
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The global oil trade built Saudia Arabia. If it wasn't for globalism the Saudis would be living in tents.


If it wasn't for government money taken from someone else most democrats would be living on the street.
Posted by Bama Mountain
Member since Oct 2025
508 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 8:58 pm to
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Saudi Arabia did not do 9/11. 15 of the hijackers were Saudi Arabian citizens, but they trained in Afghanistan for a terrorist group based out of Afghanistan. You can’t put that on the Saudi government.


Where was the leader of that terrorist group from?

When Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar arrived in America who helped them find an apartment, co-signed their lease, and assisted them in setting up bank accounts?





Posted by Lakeboy7
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2011
27959 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:00 pm to
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Saudi Arabia did not do 9/11. 15 of the hijackers were Saudi Arabian citizens, but they trained in Afghanistan for a terrorist group based out of Afghanistan. You can’t put that on the Saudi government.




Keep choppin man.
Posted by geauxEdO
Member since Aug 2017
111 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:00 pm to
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You don't think Saudi Arabia has an abhorrent human rights record?


honestly, not bad enough for me to say “no, we can’t be aligned with them”. that’s an incredibly soft way of thinking. i love America, but we’ve got our own track record. Not ashamed of it, it is what it is.

quote:

The global oil trade built Saudia Arabia. If it wasn't for globalism the Saudis would be living in tents.


Of course, they participate in the global economy. I’m talking about the globalist mindset vs. defending your country’s sovereignty and culture.
Posted by RelicBatches86
Florida
Member since Nov 2024
911 posts
Posted on 11/18/25 at 9:01 pm to
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They don’t give a frick about woke ideology and they hate globalism.

wrong
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