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An fantastically dumb statement. USA is the biggest backer of Saudi Arabia — a country which is basically a Middle-Eastern North Korea.
by baybal2 5y ago
An fantastically dumb statement. USA is the biggest backer of Saudi Arabia — a country which is basically a Middle-Eastern North Korea.
- glial 5y agoI would never accuse US foreign policy of being ideologically coherent. I'm just pointing out that this was an explicit goal of the US invasion of Iraq, direct from the horses' mouths. Are you calling me dumb for stating that, or them dumb for being incoherent?
- anigbrowl 5y agoHere is the context you are missing: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/08/the-larouchie-defector-who-s-advising-the-defense-establishment-on-saudi-arabia.html https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2002/08/the-larouchie-de... Classicists and grand strategists tend to view history in cyclic terms, with long-running conflicts echoing through the centuries.