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Because when they have nothing we want we'll care more? Like Africa?
by _pixie_ 11y ago
Because when they have nothing we want we'll care more? Like Africa?
- rangibaby 11y agoAfrica has plenty that "we" care about. That's the cause of a lot of the bullshit that goes on regularly there.
- cm2187 11y agoI would say ethnic hatred is the primary factor. As it is in the middle east. The violence in Syria has more to do with hostility between Shia and Sunnis than oil. Oil is only making things worse because it gives the means to be really nasty.
- lotux 11y agoI bet you don't know much about shia and sunni, essentially there is not much difference, this war is more of interest war than religious war. I would say Syria war is oil/gas pipeline war. and who can have more hegemony over the region when US becomes weaker and less interested in this region's OIL. that's why you see EU countries are much in hurry to get into this conflict, even Germany is in now.
- danieltillett 11y agoNo because we will stop supporting them. I don't want to be indirectly supporting an illiberal neo-medieval government to continue. The people of Saudia Arabia deserve better. There is also the issue of the huge amount of financial support for bigotry around the world coming out of Saudia Arabia. The sooner this money flow stops the better.
- cm2187 11y agoIt's hard to have a good idea of what's going on in Saudi Arabia, but I am under the impression that the population is more conservative than its depraved monarchy and its cocaine trips to Europe. I am not sure a secular liberal government is what would result from some free elections.
- danieltillett 11y agoI agree. All I can draw on is my personal experience and from this many Saudis are yearning for change and being part of the 21st century.
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- cm2187 11y agoHow much control does the monarchy have on the clergy? Is it a sort of independant power? I struggle to understand the internal dynamics of this country.
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