DaftyduxNov 20

I canr even make up corruption this blatant. My imagination is not this stupid.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/57978196

I cant even make up corruption this blatant. My imagination is not this stupid. - Divisions by zero

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Show threadFlickerbyNov 20
I think Saudi Arabia being, y’know, Saudi Arabia is bad enough without throwing in that “Chinese ally” thing lol.
Show threadscarabic
Kind of ironic too because as evil as they are, SA are absolutely an American ally as well.
Nov 20 at 7:09amWeb
Show threadBloefzNov 20
But an ally ideologically (until trump). Previous governments just supported them because of oil.
Show threadscarabicNov 20
It’s not just the oil, and this is kind of the key point. It’s also the defense contracts. SA is a huge buyer of American weapons. So the back door deal making has always been a thing. Selling them arms has always been a thing. There’s actually almost nothing that SA and the US agree on ideologically. Of course Trump inserted his own interests into the picture and found a way to enrich himself, and that is truly a new low, and utterly despicable. But let’s not knock him for giving arms to the Saudis because we’ve been doing that a long time.