Sure that happened here, an angry mob burned down the British embassy in Dublin in 1972.
Sure that happened here, an angry mob burned down the British embassy in Dublin in 1972.
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Shalom/salaam.
10,000 years of Middle Eastern civilisation and the place is not at peace but rather in pieces.
I'm inclined to agree with you Miss Stephanie about the impact of outside interference in the region, but as the situation stands now, the ONLY country that currently has NO external interference is the one place that's arguably CAUSING the regional instability. Mister Anderson and alcatel both bring up important, relevant points to the discussion, and I agree with their assessments as well.
The House of Saud is probably the most brutal absolute dictatorship in the world, and they have used their position as the world's leading oil producer/exporter to abuse the wealth and power which it has brought them. They getting the U.S. 'rubberstamp' of approval for even their worst of abuses, no matter how bad it is. You might recall that Bin Laden was a Saudi citizen, and that members of his family who were inside the U.S. were secretly evacuated from the U.S. (WITHOUT being questioned by any branch of the U.S. govt or law enforcement), right in the middle of the time immediately post-9/11 when ALL commercial flights were grounded.
Even the family members of the most notorious terrorist of all-time were allowed to simply go home, all because they are Saudi citizens. And with current developments in the region, they are blatant instigators of problems, and they know they will always get the nod of approval from the U.S., no matter what they do, so long as the oil keeps flowing cheaply.
I look forward to the day when either the oil runs dry, or we manage to find a true alternative source to the oil-based economy; we will see the the end-- most likely a bloody, violent one-- of The House of Saud.
Fighting the Good Fight...
Stephanie (08-01-16)
Vitruvian (08-01-16)