tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post1303166175713880993..comments2024-03-09T05:13:17.621-05:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Disarraybian PeninsulaBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-88295510233700979342015-01-27T14:50:16.982-05:002015-01-27T14:50:16.982-05:00Lots of money to bad actors to go away
Worked (an...<i>Lots of money to bad actors to go away</i><br /><br />Worked (and continues to do so) on our government.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-20428763993053132862015-01-27T13:36:57.297-05:002015-01-27T13:36:57.297-05:00I almost added the Saudis to my "no further f...I almost added the Saudis to my "no further fucks shall be given" list on my currently ignored Herlander blog. But alas, they have entirely too much sway to ignore. <br /><br />But hey, if Hailey's Comet is REALLY going to hit us in 40 some years (unless Bruce Willis saves us?) can Arabia be ground zero? Yeah, yeah, it will kill ALL of us if it hits -- but still, them first, ok?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-23696339634712700362015-01-26T16:16:53.894-05:002015-01-26T16:16:53.894-05:00Nope. The Royal family ain't going nowhere. Th...Nope. The Royal family ain't going nowhere. They believe wholeheartedly in their Saudi/Bahrain/Egypt approach to maintaining control. Lots of money to bad actors to go away, and a brutal secret police that makes opposition painful and deadly. <i>Plata O Plomo</i>. <br /><br />And remember, when they ARE toppled, it won't be by people demanding liberal democracy, it will be by people who truly believe that the Royal Family hasn't enforced a true vision of Islamic rule - that they themselves were too liberal.<br /><br />And if/when a true, full-scale Sunni vs. Shia sectarian war breaks out, pitting Iran against Saudi and perhaps Pakistan, the generational hatred that will generate will resonate down through the next hundred years of history...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com