KruppeTheWise t1_j28r62q wrote on December 30, 2022 at 1:45 PM

Reply to comment by squidking78 in Saudis take control of US augmented reality company Magic Leap by MicroSofty88

When you stop and think about it, a Saudi prince got the US to go in and cripple the Saudis main adversary in their region, killing hundreds of thousands of their civilians in over a decade of occupation, by killing US citizens in a terrorist attack.

squidking78 t1_j29q8v9 wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:48 PM

That was wholly on the neocon republicans who just wanted an excuse.

Iran is the House of Sauds arch nemesis, not Iraq. Maybe read up on the region.

KruppeTheWise t1_j29rmxj wrote on December 30, 2022 at 5:56 PM

I did, which is why I know the Sauds were very happy with Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war and then relations deteriorated rapidly after with borders being closed, embassies removed on both side when Saddam turned on Kuwait next. It's almost like the Sauds no longer trusted Saddam to do their bidding and wanted him gone with a puppet government in place. What exactly happened again?

Maybe read up yourself.

squidking78 t1_j2as4xl wrote on December 30, 2022 at 9:51 PM

Newsflash: countries have issues with other countries all the time. Now look into Iran and Saudi Arabia. Little bigger differences there.

All you’re doing is trying to defend the indefensible by trying to say “but look at all these other places that also do some less bad stuff!”

doesn’t change Saudi Arabia being deplorable. Guess when they got rid of slavery.