(August 13, 2016 at 12:13 pm)Yeauxleaux Wrote:(August 13, 2016 at 9:46 am)Anomalocaris Wrote: Uh, no. Saudi Arabia is not an Isis that made it. Saudi Arabia regime and the society may be guilty of extreme, anachronistical conservatism. But it is deeply rooted in the culture over which it rules and with which more or less coevolved over centuries.
So? Suddenly it's respectable?
I don't give a semblance of a fuck how Saudi Arabia came to be. It's a backwards shithole, and it can willingly move into the 21st century or get dragged into it kicking and screaming.
The existence of a state that had grown organically over long period and as a result is generally accommodated and accommodatable economically, socially, and diplomatically is not a crisis. The existence of a entity that suddenly appears and create great disruption economically, socially and diplomatically is a crisis.
Saudi arabia's conservatism Is not in itself an acute crisis. So it is more respectable. ISIS is a malcontent causing an acute crisis. So it is less respectable.
