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Not all Americans supported the Iraq invasion.
by CardenB 8y ago
Not all Americans supported the Iraq invasion.
- ppeetteerr 8y agoNot all Saudis support their government
- dsr_ 8y agoAll US citizens (in theory, not practice) get to vote to change their government's policies. In Saudi Arabia -- literally, the Arab lands belonging to the House of Saud -- the subjects don't have that power. They would have to have a revolution, first.
- phakding 8y agoNot all. Felons don't, either in theory or in practice.
- dsr_ 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#Current_practices https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felony_disenfranchisement#Curr... says that this varies state to state, with Maine and Vermont allowing people to vote even while in prison.
- phakding 8y agoThat's right, still not ALL US Citizens can vote.
- ppeetteerr 8y agoI do believe there is more to the monarchy than you think. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/06/how-saudi-elite-became-five-star-prisoners-at-the-riyadh-ritz-carlton https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/06/how-saudi-elit... Also, just because not everyone in the US supports their government, it doesn't mean that the government isn't using "blood money" to invest in their own future.
- decebalus1 8y agoAnd what are they doing about it? Are they trying to vote out the government or...?