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They don't. Although they do have a lot in common with IS, they only support non-IS insurgents in Syria. Islamic State has no friends at this stage.
by lottin 10y ago
They don't. Although they do have a lot in common with IS, they only support non-IS insurgents in Syria. Islamic State has no friends at this stage.
- juskrey 10y agoWho sells them weapons and buys oil?
- Cozumel 10y agoNot sure if you're actually asking, but the answers America!
- josefresco 10y agoIf by America you mean wealthy Saudi's who are protected by America than yes.
- ionised 10y agoBritain too. We love selling them cluster bombs.
- lottin 10y agoTheir weapons are mostly spoils of war and everybody buys oil from them including the Syrian government which is at war against them.
- josefresco 10y agoISIS is well funded - how do you think they continue to wage war against the superpowers of the world? But you know that - a quick Google search will return hundreds of articles from trusted news sources detailing this - so what is your real motivation?
- lottin 10y agoYou mean that they have some "private benefactors" in the Gulf? Sure, but that doesn't mean Saudi Arabia is funding them. Saudi Arabia is part of the coalition that is bombing IS.
- josefresco 10y agoYes - those private benefactors are people - Saudi Arabia is not a person. The official government position is clear, but the government is made up of people ... who fund terrorism. I actually think we're on the same page here - a government can publicly have one position, while it's people have another.
- Cyph0n 10y ago> but the government is made up of people ... who fund terrorism. Are you implying that government officials are funding ISIS? Or do you mean "government" as in "the country is governed by its people"? If it's the former, please provide evidence. If it's the latter, recall that KSA is a full-blown monarchy, so the people != the ruling elite.
- josefresco 10y agoMostly the former, plenty of evidence exists in the public domain. My point is that a government can have a public position, even actively fight for it - however at the same time, it's private citizens (both in the gov and not) can have another position. This is a larger topic than HN can and should be host to ... thanks for the debate.
- Cyph0n 10y ago> Mostly the former, plenty of evidence exists in the public domain. Perhaps, but when you make such statements, the burden of proof is on you. > My point is that a government can have a public position, even actively fight for it I'm sure that there probably are ISIS apologists among Saudis - I'd argue that they are few in number - but it's nonetheless important to make the distinction between the government and regular citizens. Furthermore, you seem to be ignoring the fact that such activity is outright illegal, so it's not as if the government is OK with Saudi ISIS supporters.