Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power

Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power by Cyph0n on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:24AM (#16629341)

I'm from Tunisia and spent a lot of time in the UAE, so I'd like to think I know a bit about the Middle East and its history.

"Not even close"? Are you serious? Do you have a list of the most brutal dictators at hand by any chance?

Heck, Hafez is definitely on that list alongside his son. The Assad family has been renowned for its brutality and torture program, ever since the 80s.

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Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power by mythrwy on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @08:23PM (#16634128)

How nice to know about your birth place.

Assad still isn't one of "the most brutal dictators the Mideast has ever seen" and that is still is an absolutely ludicrous statement.

From the Assyrians to the Arabs to the Mongols to the Turks right up until Saddam, Assad isn't even close.

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Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power by Cyph0n on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @09:03PM (#16634358)

Edit: Wrote out a reply, but now I feel like it's a waste of time. Have a good one.

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Re:Oil-Rich Saudi Arabia Is Turning to Nuclear Power by mythrwy on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @11:29PM (#16635158)

You as well. Probably we have to agree to disagree on this one.

Assad being one of the most brutal dictators between Iraq and Turkey within the last 20 years I'd probably agree with.

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