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What are we so fond of Saudi Arabia ?
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Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
All about trade and with billions in military terms
smudge
Up the Albion!
I don't understand the question Mr Questions.
pastafarian
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Goats?
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
Mark Thatcher probably knows the answer.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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they are a regional ally, and of course the trade and the oil. if they turn off the oil taps we are rather stuck in the first world.
we could become more independent by exploiting fracking to recover oil right under us. or we could stop driving anywhere, having medicines, computers, synthetic fibres etc and reduce our living standards by a century. we choose to be friendly instead.
we could become more independent by exploiting fracking to recover oil right under us. or we could stop driving anywhere, having medicines, computers, synthetic fibres etc and reduce our living standards by a century. we choose to be friendly instead.
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Sorry Smudge and co....... Why are we so fond of them ? They are a dreadful bunch, they really are. An ally in that part of the world ? Trade ? What a bunch of prostitutes our governments are.
smudge
Up the Albion!
Safe place to drive & no problems with parking.
topbanana36
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oil!!! North Korea doesn't have any otherwise we would be chums with them as well.
Creaky
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Not just the governments but the people they represent as well.
How long do you think any government in this country would survive if they stopped trading with Saudi Arabia? - Not very long I suspect as energy prices shot up.
Barrel of Fun
Abort, retry, fail
They lend us a hand. They've got plenty to give away.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
They are allies in that they have also been targetting airstrikes against Islamic State. Sometimes you need strange bedfellows in the world. Better the 'devil' you know and all that. It just costs a little in diplomacy and protocol.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Because they are regarded- in spite of their appalling human rights record- as something of a moderate force in a notoriously unstable region. Their people might have no power whatsoever, but that also means they don't get to vote in someone like Saddam Hussein or Assad when the mood takes them. The absolute rule of a monarchy is acceptable when it suits us, I suppose.
That, and they keep all our cars running, more significantly.
That, and they keep all our cars running, more significantly.
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Money. Most of the trouble in the World has had oil behind it somewhere. Who has the most?
Norman Baker suck my lozenge
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I wonder if Prince Edward will be visiting to pay his respects ?
1234andcounting
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- Mar 31, 2008
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I always thought it was because we saw Saudi Arabia as a beacon of freedom of speech (that thing David Cameron and other world leaders were marching for in Paris last Sunday), women's rights, democracy, tolerance towards all religions etc, etc.
On the other hand (cue usual jokes), I might have got the wrong end of the stick (cue more jokes) on this one.
On the other hand (cue usual jokes), I might have got the wrong end of the stick (cue more jokes) on this one.
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They have no age of sexual consent over there, so as long as you marry a girl (sex is illegal outside of marriage obviously) and you can at any age then girls as young as 9 are being violated. I've just been reading some shocking stories about this that are hard to comprehend.
Mind you as you say......... As long as our cars are running.
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I'm sure they've 'looked after him' on previous visits.
The Fifth Column
Retired ex-cop
Child abuse underpins all religions and ranges from indoctrination at birth to genital mutilation of both sexes to ritual rape and murder. Its nothing but moral and mental terrorism.