(January 15, 2015 at 2:40 pm)Chuck Wrote:(January 14, 2015 at 5:49 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/...28389.html
It's make belief petro state that happen to include Mecca, run by and for sybaritic fat cats who can neither do anything to keep their subjects from being radicalized, nor wish to be lynched in the aftermath. So what do you expect them to do?
Defect. If they were willing to give up everything and move to a western country, and denounce their theocracy, I am sure they could get protection. It wouldn't take all of the family, just one near or at the top.
A public denunciation would go a long way into putting cracks in their system. The only reason one would not want that system to collapse currently is that far too much of east is unstable.
The cracks are already showing in any case. It took them calling atheists terrorists because word has gotten back that women have rights and should not be treated like property. That is not the type of genie you can put back in the bottle.
