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I am wondering, if Saudis really wanted to flush $100bn down the drain, wouldn’t it have been better spent to uplift poverty and reduce hunger ? At least that w
by dmode 7y ago
I am wondering, if Saudis really wanted to flush $100bn down the drain, wouldn’t it have been better spent to uplift poverty and reduce hunger ? At least that will give them positive news coverage to offset all the bad news.
- claudeganon 7y agoJudging by what they’re doing in Yemen, this doesn’t seem like the kind of thing they’re interested in pursuing.
- rchaud 7y ago> At least that will give them positive news coverage to offset all the bad news. You know what really offsets bad news? Having your hooks deep into the economies of powerful countries to buy their tacit approval of whatever you do.
- rossdavidh 7y agoPresumably, they thought it would give them the money they weren't going to get by doing an Aramco IPO, since they didn't want the scrutiny that required. I am wondering if there is any anger stirring in Saudi Arabia about how the west took their money and basically played with it, with no realistic opportunity of making a profit?