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Re:Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without a Male Guardi... by theandrewbailey on Friday August 02, 2019 @09:30AM (#20592752)
The US military has been in Saudi Arabia for decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Sultan_Air_Base

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhahran_Air_Base

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Re:Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without a Male Guardi... by Konnstann on Friday August 02, 2019 @09:46AM (#20592838)
Having a military base and orchestrating regime changes are a little bit different.
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Re:Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without a Male Guardi... by lotsofpulp on Friday August 02, 2019 @11:22AM (#20593677)
The military base is there to protect the regime. It’s easier to deal with a small monarchy with no transparency than a democracy. And they make for a good enemy of other local countries keeping just enough zest in the region for the weapons to keep flowing and the figureheads to keep toppling, but still allowing for a steady supply of oil.

History of Modern Middle East by William Cleveland is a good resource:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64594.A_History_of_the_M...

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Re:Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without a Male Guardi... by mywittyname on Friday August 02, 2019 @02:13PM (#20595238)
When people have democracies, they start asking for crazy things that are in their self-interest, such as mineral rights and ownership over their farmland.
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Re:Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without a Male Guardi... by Vrondi on Friday August 02, 2019 @02:58PM (#20595613)
You crazy person. Many many landowners in the USA do not own the mineral rights to their land.
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Re:Saudi Arabia Allows Women to Travel Without a Male Guardi... by selimthegrim on Friday August 02, 2019 @11:42AM (#20593855)
A Peace to End All Peace is good too
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