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Re:Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO by navigatesol on Monday October 21, 2019 @09:41AM (#21312116)
>As always, colonialism is the problem.

Yes, the period of colonialism that lasted a few centuries is to blame for the all the many years before and after of the Arab world fighting among themselves, as well as subjugating their population with backward, barbaric laws, to this day.

Was it Prince Harry or Prince William that ordered the Saudis to slaughter a journalist in a foreign embassy?

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Re:Saudi Aramco Is the WeWork of Energy with Pulled IPO by apta on Monday October 21, 2019 @12:05PM (#21313862)
> as well as subjugating their population with backward, barbaric laws, to this day.

> Was it Prince Harry or Prince William that ordered the Saudis to slaughter a journalist in a foreign embassy?

What are you even talking about? This is very simplistic reasoning. The British have always been involved in Saudi politics since the founding of the Saudi state, and to this day. Just because they don't order direct execution of individuals does not mean disgusting crimes were not committed. Not to mention that it's not just the British that were and are messing with the politics of the Middle East to this day (does Sykes–Picot ring a bell?)

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