Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for tweeting

Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by quantified on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @05:39PM (#32502058)

If you drive a car, fly on a plane, have trucks in your supply chain, use plastic anywhere in your life- you support that engagement. Sucks but they're built in now.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by njarboe on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @07:13PM (#32503024)

The US, due to fracking, is now a net exporter of oil most years. Hopefully with more electric cars in the fleet each year oil use will also decline dramatically. We should use that opportunity to distance ourselves from Saudi Arabia. Unfortunately I think one factor driving US engagement that is not often discussed is the tens of billions Saudi Arabia spends on US weapon systems each year, not just oil interest.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by darkarmani on Thursday August 18, 2022 @03:27AM (#32506411)

> is now a net exporter of oil most years

There are different kinds of oil and they aren't equivalent.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by random314 on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @05:42PM (#32502092)

We seem to be able to be hostile to Russia and China while depending om them for oil and manufacturing.

Extending the same courtesy to Saudi Arabia should be straightforward. Except, of course, Saudis align with NATO, Russia and China don't.

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by robotnikman on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @05:49PM (#32502171)

They also contribute a lot to VC funds iirc

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Re:Saudi Arabia sentenced a woman to 34 years in prison for ... by quantified on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @10:29PM (#32504523)

Bunch of that is our money coming back under their ownership, though.

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