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Old 04-26-16, 02:56 PM   #1
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If Saudi Arabia was supporting Al-Quada, would this change any thing regarding the relationship between USA and its allied Saudi Arabia. There may be some diplomatically crisis for some weeks or a month or so.

As I see it, Saudi Arabia is an important partner in the middle east for USA. More important than let it evolve into a deeper crisis

I guess as written in some Danish news paper(on line) the revealing of the papers will make it easier for the victims to sue the government in Saudi-Arabia.

Please remember- this is a Foreign political discussion and not a discussion about 9/11 itself

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Old 04-26-16, 05:36 PM   #2
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There are too many American skeletons in Saudi closets. We have been using Saudi Arabia for a lot of our dirty stuff and they have been well paid.
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Old 04-26-16, 06:55 PM   #3
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It really makes no significant difference; the knowledge of Saudi efforts to support terrorist states and groups is a long known, if not acknowledged, by the past Presidential administrations of both parties and, because of interests transcending what would seem to be a no-brainer idea of "the friend of my enemy is my enemy", there will be much public hand wring, many investigations, many declamations of outrage, and it will go on until the next "Big Issue" pops up, you know, something like unisex bathrooms or which Kardashian has newly released a new sex video...


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Saudi Arabia most likely massively supported the 9/11 attacks.

Turkey supported the IS, and wages war against ground factions fighting against the IS until today.

Syrian opposition claims the US hinders it to win the war in Syria.

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Nah, the Saudis have a free card to do pretty much what they want, although like Israel, there's growing public backlash to their actions as people get upset at the US's conciliatory tone towards them.
But, as long as the western world needs that sweet sweet crude oil, the Saudis can urinate on us and we would thank them for it.
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Here's a small speed bump problem for being mad at SA:

http://fpif.org/hillary-clintons-sta...-arabia-teeth/

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While Saudi Arabia and Boeing poured cash into the Clinton Foundation, Hillary Clinton's State Department approved enormous sales of Boeing fighter jets to the kingdom.
another one of her email problems

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On Christmas Eve in 2011, Hillary Clinton and her closest aides celebrated a $29.4 billion sale of over 80 F-15 fighter jets, manufactured by U.S.-based Boeing Corporation, to Saudi Arabia. In a chain of enthusiastic emails, an aide exclaimed that it was “not a bad Christmas present.”

These are the very fighter jets the Saudis have been using to bomb Yemen since March 2015. A year later, at least 2,800 Yemeni civilians have been killed, mostly by airstrikes — and there’s no end in sight.
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Rule of acquisition number 34.
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Old 04-27-16, 01:37 AM   #8
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Al Quaeda became DAESH, or "IS".
What if the coalition of the willing (it's not only the US and England, also Romania, Poland ...) support IS?
Or if the US supported IS, through the Saudis?
Maybe they did:

" ...after it became clear British intelligence had been arming the same rebel groups the defendant was charged with supporting."

http://www.theguardian.com/commentis...sis-syria-iraq


"While the US claims it has “accidentally” allowed weapons to fall into the hands of ISIS terrorists, in reality, the US has been arming, funding, and aiding ISIS and its terrorist affiliates either directly or through Saudi, Qatari, Jordanian, or Turkish proxies since at least 2011."

http://www.globalresearch.ca/how-the...ry-aid/5409449


Would fit together with the support of the Contras in Nicaragua, or Al Quaeda in Afghanistan, during the Reagan presidency.
Of course, you can find anything on the internets, however Guardian and Global research belong to the more credible sites .. or do they?
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Saudi Arabia most likely massively supported the 9/11 attacks.

Turkey supported the IS, and wages war against ground factions fighting against the IS until today.

Syrian opposition claims the US hinders it to win the war in Syria.

The Earth still revolves around the sun. Mankind still plays its tricks and games. The same old tunes keep playing on and on.
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Nah, the Saudis have a free card to do pretty much what they want, although like Israel, there's growing public backlash to their actions as people get upset at the US's conciliatory tone towards them.
But, as long as the western world needs that sweet sweet crude oil, the Saudis can urinate on us and we would thank them for it.
Just about sums it all up for me
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So, that's what that "hair" was covering! Explains a lot...



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You are right not much will happen. Maybe some diplomatically disturbing on the phone line.

When the papers are released I guess some Presidential Candidate are going to earn some political points on this issue.

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