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Sara Beverley Donating Member (989 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 05:24 PM
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What should we really call the people fighting against a non-democratic
ruling family in Saudi Arabia? Now, if the people of Iraq had begun to fight against Saddam, we would have joined in and supported them. However, the people fighting against the royal family in Saudi Arabia are called terrorists because we support the non-democratic ruling family in SA. Honestly, is it any wonder the rest of the world thinks we are lying everytime we open our mouths?
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politicaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 05:35 PM
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1. If you don't own lots of oil or are a refugee, then you're a terrorist.
Revolutionaries and freedome fighters can only be either caucasian or Latino. Don't you know that?
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ieoeja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 05:47 PM
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2. You don't seriously believe they're fighting for Democracy?

Their internal dissidents are not the slightest bit interested in creating a constitutional democracy. Their stated aim is the creation of an Islamic Republic governed by Koranic Law. Saudi Arabia's government is almost that now. But "almost" is not good enough for the fundamentalists.
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MasonJar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-29-04 06:33 PM
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3. And our fundamentalists are quite content with the government
they have.
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