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Saudi Arabia Is Murdering Ethiopian Migrants. Washington Is Silent
- throwawaysleep 3y agoUnfortunately, what we can get out of Saudi Arabia is limited at the moment.
- nielsbot 3y agowhy?
- celtoid 3y ago"Human rights" would be an issue for the US if the US thought it could invade Saudi Arabia and steal its oil.
- lesuorac 3y agoYou think Saudi Arabia would win? There isn't a compelling reason yet to invade, they're still willing to sell to us and they aren't mining water preventing us from receiving oil from other people.
- datavirtue 3y agoIt's not that, you would need to HOLD the oil fields and govern the region. Status quo is the only acceptable choice at the foreign policy level. Americans who consider themselves the best of the best work every day to service the kingdom.
- stuckinhell 3y agoWhy wouldn't they ? The USA lost in Afganistan, and Saudi Arabia is much more advanced.
- lesuorac 3y agoI mean the Taliban's leadership was all killed during the Afghanistan wars so if you're MBS I don't think you count that as USA losing.
- stuckinhell 3y agoObviously that's not true, or they would have lost.
- lesuorac 3y agoDo you dispute that Steve Jobs died? Leadership dieing (Steve Jobs / OBL) and an organization (Apple / Taliban) no longer existing aren't always the same thing.
- stuckinhell 3y agoSteve jobs wasn't the only leader at Apple.
- lesuorac 3y agoSure and Apple even has even found a replacement CEO for him. But my point is that leadership can be removed (or die) and the organization will still be around. MBS is well aware of USA using either a coordinated attack (OBL raid) or a targeted strike (cruise missile) to kill high level targets. Perhaps Saudia Arabia will continue to exist as a country after a war with the US; but he won't and the US will be getting the oil.
- tibbydudeza 3y agoSaudi armed forces are rather inept and poorly led - best at slaughtering folks who can't fight back - the state would collapse overnight if Iran made a move across the strait. It's only the US security guarantees and the oil that is stopping this from happening.