johnu, on 2026-July-24, 17:15, said:
15 of the 19 9/11 terrorists were Saudi citizens groomed to be terrorists in Saudi Arabia. Jamal Khashoggi, a dissident journalist and Washington post contributor, was murdered by crown prince of Saudi Arabia. But yes, Saudi Arabia is currently a "friend" of the US because they are surrounded by powerful enemies surrounding them, and the US needs them to support their oil policies.
Has ever been thus, in the early 1980s the Saudis beheaded one of their princesses for adultery, and a program was made about it that offended the Saudis called Death of a princess. A satirical news program did a fake apology, I can't find the sketch, but they were described as something like a "Great country with an awful lot of oil".

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