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> "At the same time, we have also accepted the responsibility to the people of Saudi Arabia, an obligation we take quite seriously to help them manage their fin
by arbuge 8y ago
> "At the same time, we have also accepted the responsibility to the people of Saudi Arabia, an obligation we take quite seriously to help them manage their financial resources and diversify their economy," said Son.
“So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.” - Benjamin Franklin
- netsharc 8y agoHah, indeed. Since when is that money realistically the money of the Saudi Arabian people anyway, it's the money of their butchering royal family. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!" - Upton Sinclair
- 7000skeletons 8y agoBy "people of Saudi Arabia", he's meaning the rich elites and the princes. I lived in that country for a couple of years. The wealth gap there is truly staggering.
- gautamdivgi 8y agolol - yes. That entire article was a very long-winded way of saying "they've got a lot of money so we really don't care about what they do"