RE: One Bernie supporter to others OP/ED
July 28, 2016 at 3:31 pm
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2016 at 3:38 pm by ReptilianPeon.)
Quote:"It's beyond the influence of Hillary Clinton to change how things work in Saudi Arabia."
No it's not. That shows how little you know about Saudi. Saudi only survives because the West supports it. Hilary did not have to sell them tens, maybe even hundreds, of billions in weapons.
Strongmen rule Saudi. It's a very tribal country. Lots of divisions that would flare up with out strongman leaders. There is an uneasy alliance between the Wahaabis who put al-Saud in power and al-Saud. King Faisal was murdered by Wahaabis who thought he was too reformist.
There is also a large Shiite population - especially in the Eastern province. You could ask our resident Saudi member Atlas all about the problems of Saudi. Without the backing of the West Saudi would fall about.
Quote:"Do you really think it hurts Saudi Arabia if Hillary refused to accept their money?"
Yes it does. The Saudis need the United States in order to survive. They need to know they have friends in the United States government. Hilary as president helps Saudi more than Donald as president that's for sure.
Refusing to accept the money sends a strong statement to al-Saud. But Hilary is like "I'm going to be all chummy with the terrorists that rule Saudi and they are going to get lots of favourable arms deals in exchange for the money". The Saudi royal family are extremely selfish people - they give weapons and money to terrorists and would rather offer money to send Fascist Imams to Europe than actually help the refugees in meaningful ways.
They won't donate to the Clinton Foundation without strings attached. Only an extremely naive person would think that. So, in summary, yes, Hilary can help effect change in Saudi.
There's a reason al-Saud tried to sabotage the Paris climate talks. They know they won't survive without the oi so Hilary could easily call for a boycott of Saudi. Sanctions even - after all they are more of a threat than Iran. Atlas, our resident Saudi, has said everyone is Saudi is panicking about what to do when the oil age is over.
