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Boxerfan

(2,533 posts) Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:17 PM Aug 2017

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He said the planners of 9/11 came from Afghanistan....

Maybe a technical kinda sorta but your good buddies the Saudis as usual get no credit.

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He said the planners of 9/11 came from Afghanistan.... (Original Post) Boxerfan Aug 2017 OP

Saudi Arabia is a good customer for the war industries. eom guillaumeb Aug 2017 #1

Saudis are some hardcore people Not Ruth Aug 2017 #4

Main planners were from Pakistan KSM MyNameIsKhan Aug 2017 #2

I believe he said it was planned in Afghanistan Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #3

He said Saudi Arabia is our ally ... left-of-center2012 Aug 2017 #5

we like them as long as they have oil Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #6

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

1. Saudi Arabia is a good customer for the war industries. eom

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:19 PM

Aug 2017

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)

4. Saudis are some hardcore people

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:36 PM

Aug 2017

For all their money, they act wild.

Recently there was a 15 year old boy that spit on the Koran. Tracked down and arrested. The Saudi discussions range from kill him, to beat him, to re-educate him. Hardcore. If he were a she, forget about it. She would have been buried in prison.

MyNameIsKhan

(2,205 posts)

2. Main planners were from Pakistan KSM

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:20 PM

Aug 2017

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

3. I believe he said it was planned in Afghanistan

Reply to Boxerfan (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:35 PM

Aug 2017

Saudi Arabia just gave them the money and people

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)

5. He said Saudi Arabia is our ally ...

Reply to Angry Dragon (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 09:39 PM

Aug 2017

... in fighting terrorism.

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

6. we like them as long as they have oil

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Reply #5)

Mon Aug 21, 2017, 10:36 PM

Aug 2017

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