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What are you smoking. Germany has accepted their past, and has moved forward to rebuild and establish an advanced and civilized society.

EGreg 8y ago
One could say that the Saudis have moved on from spreading wahhabism and funding terrorists as well, regretted their mistakes spreading an intolerant ideology, and are now much nicer. But I guess the kingdom is still permeated with Sunni Islam and they are willing to bomb the crap out of Yemen so it won’t fall into Shiite Houthis’ hands.
- toomuchtodo 8y ago
  > One could say that the Saudis have moved on from spreading wahhabism and funding terrorists as well, regretted their mistakes spreading an intolerant ideology, and are now much nicer. They executed an American permanent resident journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in one of their consulates on foreign soil within the last two weeks, and failed at the cover up [1]. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/middleeast/saudi-khashoggi-death-turkey/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/middleeast/saudi-khashoggi-de...
  - eveningcoffee 8y ago
    Please note that I am not excusing the (alleged) murder but trying to put things into a perspective (for my self). What if Jamal Khashoggi was a Ruhollah Khomeini of Saudi Arabia [0]? That is, what if it was not about wahhabism but about self preservation? [0] https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi
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- aaronbrethorst 8y ago
  MbS: First of all, this Wahhabism—please define it for us. We’re not familiar with it. We don’t know about it. Goldberg: What do you mean you don’t know about it? MbS: What is Wahhabism? Goldberg: You’re the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. You know what Wahhabism is. MbS: No one can define this Wahhabism. Goldberg: It’s a movement founded by Ibn abd al-Wahhab in the 1700s, very fundamentalist in nature, an austere Salafist-style interpretation— MbS: No one can define Wahhabism. There is no Wahhabism. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/mohammed-bin-salman-iran-israel/557036/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/mo...

EGreg 8y ago

One could say that the Saudis have moved on from spreading wahhabism and funding terrorists as well, regretted their mistakes spreading an intolerant ideology, and are now much nicer. But I guess the kingdom is still permeated with Sunni Islam and they are willing to bomb the crap out of Yemen so it won’t fall into Shiite Houthis’ hands.

toomuchtodo 8y ago
> One could say that the Saudis have moved on from spreading wahhabism and funding terrorists as well, regretted their mistakes spreading an intolerant ideology, and are now much nicer. They executed an American permanent resident journalist, Jamal Khashoggi, in one of their consulates on foreign soil within the last two weeks, and failed at the cover up [1]. [1] https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/middleeast/saudi-khashoggi-death-turkey/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/15/middleeast/saudi-khashoggi-de...
- eveningcoffee 8y ago
  Please note that I am not excusing the (alleged) murder but trying to put things into a perspective (for my self). What if Jamal Khashoggi was a Ruhollah Khomeini of Saudi Arabia [0]? That is, what if it was not about wahhabism but about self preservation? [0] https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi https://spectator.us/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi
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aaronbrethorst 8y ago
MbS: First of all, this Wahhabism—please define it for us. We’re not familiar with it. We don’t know about it. Goldberg: What do you mean you don’t know about it? MbS: What is Wahhabism? Goldberg: You’re the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. You know what Wahhabism is. MbS: No one can define this Wahhabism. Goldberg: It’s a movement founded by Ibn abd al-Wahhab in the 1700s, very fundamentalist in nature, an austere Salafist-style interpretation— MbS: No one can define Wahhabism. There is no Wahhabism. https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/mohammed-bin-salman-iran-israel/557036/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/mo...