Is it a brutal regime?
Yeah..
It's not a democratic republic.
They BEHEAD PEEPULL.

You Don't go criticizing the big dogs and expect to be treated like an American IN America. Not every country operates from a
Human life is Precious
Start point.

Who are you to judge?
Where is the inclusiveness?

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/22/18 at 11:22:03:


Was that maid a permanent resident of the US?

No?

Just move on if you can't, or just plain refuse to see the difference.

In a world of my design we would own Saudi Arabia and their oil.
In the meantime, they are important to the maintenance of the value of your dollar. And an important ally.
I don't agree with what they did. The guy even told his GF who to call if he Didn't come back. He knew he had offended some people.
I hear arrests have been made.
Again
Not everyone has the same mindset of America.

I don't remember Gadhaffi being accused of anything like this.
We DESTROYED a civilization AND opened the floodgates to Europe.
That you are unable to grasp the enormity of that is not surprising.
People are dying every DAY because of that.
But, Obama,
Commander in Chief
Was powerless to stop it.
He LIED TO AMERICA to generate support for a murderous atrocity, and lefties CHEERED and called me racist because I didn't agree.

The Yemeni engagement by the Saudis is something I don't understand.
No idea WHY that is going on.
Odds are, it's indefensible.

Just like our destruction of Libya.
And Iraq,
And the Vietnam war,
I don't KNOW of any war we had to be in after WWII.
WTF are we doing in Afghanistan?
Why can't we win and come home?
Funny how the opium crop is doing so well after the Eevil Taliban had it at record lows
And
We have an opioid crisis..
Hmmm...

MShipley wrote on 10/23/18 at 07:52:34:


Huh?  Are you serious??  Have you ignored the coverage of this??  The saudi consulate had a body double!  Their story has changed 5 different times!  They killed him.  

Israel is our friend and ally.

So we've been told.

U.S.S. Liberty?
They tried to get us in a war.
Or, another war?
How much of our blood and treasure spilled in the M.E. benefits America?
Who does it benefit?
Are we conquering Israel's enemies?
IDK, but I do know their lobby is way too powerful.
I also don't agree that we have some biblically ordained responsible to protect Israel. Not because I don't believe the bible, but because I don't believe Israel is the Israel of the bible, AS IT IS TODAY.
From what I read some years ago, they are imposters.
Not everyone, but the top dogs.
Sure, regular Jewish people also live there, but the foundation of it was created out of need. It's been almost twenty years, details escape me, I decided what I believed and nothing has caused me to rethink it.
We have elected officials who sure seem to put Israel first.

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 10/24/18 at 10:16:57:


I do not disagree with your assessment and by the way I never stated we have a Biblical obligation whether I believe that we do or not. TT brought that up.

Unfortunately this issue has as usual been politicized to somehow condemn Trump because that supersedes all reality. The Middle East is a VERY volatile  place in the world. Always has been, probably always will be until it is turned to glass. (PS I am not advocating that). Whether it is Trump, Obama, Bush or any future President the USA will always be walking on egg shells when dealing with them. And you know what? Sometimes the most prudent thing to do is keep your mouth shut and wait.

Like I said we politicize everything (like Halloween costumes). To some the opportunity to bash the President supersedes American interest. If everyone has not noticed it is a cruel ugly world out there.

MShipley wrote on 10/24/18 at 10:53:40:


It's about the money Lebowski...

The "good guys" are whomever we deem fit.  Since around 1900...

Coincidently, they are also the ones that have the oil and that we trade with.