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Yes, thanks, we know. The Saudi Arabian regime is shamelessly and violently fascist, and corrupt at every level. What the fuck does that have to do with Russi
by nate_meurer 6y ago
Yes, thanks, we know. The Saudi Arabian regime is shamelessly and violently fascist, and corrupt at every level. What the fuck does that have to do with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and theft of the Crimean peninsula, and the commensurate response by the international community?
- boo_boo 6y agoYou stated: > If Saudi Arabia were to commit a comparable offense, I assure you they'd face a comparable response Offenses were cited to you. Where is the "commensurate response by the international community" to these offenses?
- nate_meurer 6y agoRead my comment again. I said that if SA were to do what Russia did -- invade a peaceful neighbor with no provocation and steal a portion of their country -- then I'm confident that sanctions would be levied against them. Pretty simple proposition, really.
- raverbashing 6y agoSo you don't think the Yemen situation is worse than Crimea (which is a complicated issue in itself?). Or even SA financing the expansion of Wahhabism? I think SA gets too little sanctions for what they do. Too little. And by the way, I'm totally in favour of Russia sanctions. I'm not questioning any of that.
- nate_meurer 6y agoI agree. SA is a hugely destructive influence across the Middle East in lot of ways. For whatever reason, the strategic interests of SA and the US align just enough to keep them out of trouble. But if SA were to emulate Putin's foreign policy and annex, say, Kuwait, I promise their luck would run out fast. Funny, I seems to remember something sort of similar happening not too long ago...
- thrwway34 6y agoWhat's complicated about Crimea?
- vogre 6y agoCrimea is historically(last 250 years) Russian territory with Russian population which always leaned towards Russia. During reclaim there were not any resistance from the local population. It says a lot.
- thrwway34 6y agoCrimea was Ukrainian for last 20 years and before that it was Soviet for 70 years. And you're wrong about resistance as well.