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joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
5. Since 9/11? Hell, the Saudis were big funders of 9/11
Mon Jun 16, 2014, 12:13 PM
Jun 2014

What the hell do they have holding over us that we continue to take sh*t.

The Saudis have always view the US as THEIR minion Demeter Jun 2014 #1
Yup. Reckon so…. Alas NT (Ms Bigmack) Bigmack Jun 2014 #2
The media shouild be asking if Saudi is funding ISIS and ISIS is our sworn enemy, what does that Fred Sanders Jun 2014 #3
Well, Faux sure as hell won't be KamaAina Jun 2014 #18
The Saudi Royal Family are not our friends. onehandle Jun 2014 #4
Since 9/11? Hell, the Saudis were big funders of 9/11 joeybee12 Jun 2014 #5
at the time, I figured since they were our allies, they attacked us, and our gov't did nothing... yurbud Jun 2014 #8
I'm sure the Bushies knew and know a lot more than joeybee12 Jun 2014 #9
Dubya probably isn't sure where his asshole is yurbud Jun 2014 #11
He should...he sees it in the mirror each time he speaks...nt joeybee12 Jun 2014 #12
Just my hunch... HooptieWagon Jun 2014 #6
that could add up to plausible deniability possibly, but in the past, their gov't yurbud Jun 2014 #10
The Saudis strike me as being similar to Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jun 2014 #7
Saudi Arabia and the US have always had their own interests in the Middle East Lurks Often Jun 2014 #13
Standard operating procedure for them. Not surprising at all. closeupready Jun 2014 #14
WE'RE supporting Sunni rebels MisterP Jun 2014 #15
in Iraq too? yurbud Jun 2014 #16
if it's the same people in Syria they're the same people in Iraq MisterP Jun 2014 #17
good point. I still haven't figured out when after helping us break Yugoslavia al Qaeda went off yurbud Jun 2014 #20
Rogue? They funding their own people. Get a grip. nt kelliekat44 Jun 2014 #19
Al-Qaeda and their offshoots have hated the Saudi royal family ever since American troops arrived YoungDemCA Jun 2014 #21
it was more than some individual donors: yurbud Jun 2014 #22
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