Saudi Arabia: how did the U.K agree to sign weapon deals with it?

[WinterHold]

[The Valkyrie]

Tis all about the allmighty dollar.

Plus, Saudi opposes Iran, so we conveniently forget the bad things they do.

[WinterHold]

Tis all about the allmighty dollar.

Plus, Saudi opposes Iran, so we conveniently forget the bad things they do.

The casualties of the invasion won't forget the British support that easily; ah, it is making new enemies and making a whole generation grow up to be suicidal wackos with one hell of a grudge.

That is probably the story of most terrorists, one thing I know for sure: Al-Qaeda and ISIS is pretty active inside Arab prisons, the inmates who got arrested without trial -like in every Arab country- get enlisted so easily; if they lost their families in blind airstrikes or blind wars, their enlisting is a guarantee. That's why on the long run; the terrorist factories -Saudi Arabia & Iran- will backfire in the faces of their own people and allies.

Hey; ISIS soldiers butcher other Arabs for practice before they strike the west. Dollars also end up on the long run; so that foreign policy is really destructive if somebody observed it.

[Minimalist]

You can't please everybody.

[Amarok]

Same reason we (Canada) signed one 

MONEY !!!

[The Grand Nudger]

@Atlas

Governments prefer to deal with functional ruling authorities, in short..other governments.  In this way the governments of the world will prop up a shit government for the simple fact of it being a known quantity.  The air of legitimacy is important when you're looking to sell 50 jets.  

Consider it, for a moment..and then ask yourself whether you would prefer that they were sold to some other warlord.  The west would sell jets directly to ISIS if they kept the lights on and played the game. We're dealing with a choice between a bunch of dirtbag islamists regardless..so ofc we choose the islamists with aligned interests.

[WinterHold]

You can't please everybody.

The reason for the support is not all to please as it seems; this is more about a bloody choice the British ruling regimes took since so long, to support and sign agreements with the Saudi royalty in the Middle East. The country of the Sauds would not exist without British green light.

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Same reason we (Canada) signed one 

MONEY !!!

David Cameron believes there's another reason:

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@Atlas

Governments prefer to deal with functional ruling authorities, in short..other governments.  In this way the governments of the world will prop up a shit government for the simple fact of it being a known quantity.  The air of legitimacy is important when you're looking to sell 50 jets.  

Consider it, for a moment..and then ask yourself whether you would prefer that they were sold to some other warlord.  The west would sell jets directly to ISIS if they kept the lights on and played the game.  We're dealing with a choice between a bunch of dirtbag islamists regardless..so ofc we choose the islamists with aligned interests.

War crimes are enough to strip any regime of legitimacy, add to it the severe breaches to human rights.
The kingdom is literally an ISIS that gained its position by bribing its way out of every accusation of human rights' violation.

On the long run; the U.K is killing its reputation in the Middle East with this support of dictator regimes. Today's governments in the Middle East are led by dictator thugs; not Islamists with an agenda. Look at Saudi Arabia to realize that the crown prince is robbing the country out of every penny, and buying more time in the throne by persuading western governments -like Trump's government- with huge piles of money.

When the cash is over, all that is left is the furious population. And that's destructive to the interests of any western infrastructure in the region.
In other words; the U.K's current regime should win the people of Arabia's hearts.