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Underwaterbob
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*sigh*
Yeah. Sue somebody. The American dream.
I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't a bit of ulterior motive at play here what with the Saudi Arabians driving oil prices so low these days hitting the US where it hurts. |
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ArabicTeacher
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| Good. The world needs to get rid of this Sunni extremist madness that harms other Sunnis. |
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Swartz
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| Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 5:17 am Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
| with the Saudi Arabians driving oil prices so low these days hitting the US where it hurts. |
Is that a joke? |
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thrylos
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| Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 5:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Will (civilian) drone attack victims be able to sue the US military? |
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Plain Meaning
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The 9-11 Report's Saudi Connection Pages Released
http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/07/28-pages-saudi/491552/
Edit: https://theintercept.com/2016/07/15/saudi-ties-to-911-detailed-in-documents-suppressed-since-2002/
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Much of the information in the 28 pages is not new and has been mentioned in previously released documents on the 9/11 investigation. As such, the public release of these suppressed pages is unlikely to precipitate major changes in the relationship between the United States and the Saudi government. In a statement issued on Friday, the Saudi Embassy in the United States said that it “welcomes the release” of the suppressed pages, saying that they exonerate Riyadh of any direct role in the attacks.
While the report does not find any smoking gun pointing to official Saudi involvement, it does highlight one consistently troubling theme of the kingdom’s response to the attacks: its refusal to cooperate with investigators seeking to uncover information about the hijackers. As the report notes, “In testimony and interviews, a number of FBI agents and CIA officers complained to the [inquiry] about a lack of Saudi cooperation in terrorism investigations both before and after the September 11th attacks.”
Referencing a May 1996 Director of Central Intelligence memo, the report cited agency beliefs that “the Saudis had stopped providing background information or other assistance on Bin Ladin because Bin Ladin had ‘too much information about official Saudi dealings with Islamic extremists in the 1980s for Riyadh to deliver him into U.S. hands.’” |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Underwaterbob wrote: |
*sigh*
Yeah. Sue somebody. The American dream.
I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't a bit of ulterior motive at play here what with the Saudi Arabians driving oil prices so low these days hitting the US where it hurts. |
Uh, what are you talking about? How do low oil prices hurt the US where it hurts? How does it not hurt Saudi Arabia, a country whose economy and government finances most entirely depend on oil, more? |
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GENO123
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 8:07 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Underwaterbob wrote: |
*sigh*
Yeah. Sue somebody. The American dream.
I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't a bit of ulterior motive at play here what with the Saudi Arabians driving oil prices so low these days hitting the US where it hurts. |
Uh, what are you talking about? How do low oil prices hurt the US where it hurts? How does it not hurt Saudi Arabia, a country whose economy and government finances most entirely depend on oil, more? |
The US may more oil than Saudi Arabia. Actually.. It is a huge part of the US economy.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/05/investing/us-untapped-oil/
The US has everything , except for enough talented people
The only way to really hurt the US is to cut off the supply of talented people. |
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Plain Meaning
Joined: 18 Oct 2014
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| Yeah. We do not have threads on positive developments. "US finally becomes oil independent." That looked impossible only 15 years ago. Of course, many Americans in the heartland or Pennsylvania can no longer drink out of their tap or well-water. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Plain Meaning wrote: |
| Yeah. We do not have threads on positive developments. "US finally becomes oil independent." That looked impossible only 15 years ago. Of course, many Americans in the heartland or Pennsylvania can no longer drink out of their tap or well-water. |
And now Oklahoma is earthquake-central. |
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